Do"ri*an (?), a.

1.

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

2. Mus.

Same as Doric, 3.

"Dorian mood."

Milton.

Dorian mode Mus., the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural.

Grove.

 

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Do"ri*an, n.

A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.

 

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