/dawr"ee euhn, dohr"-/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.
n.
2. a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century B.C., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Cf. Achaean (def. 5), Aeolian (def. 2), Ionian (def. 4).
[ 1595-1605; Dori ( us ) ( Dórios Dorian) + -AN ]
/dawr"ee euhn, dohr"-/ , n.
a male or female given name.