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Dorian

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Etymology

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Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”).

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Adjective

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Dorian (comparative more Dorian, superlative most Dorian)

  1. Of or relating to the Dorians.
  2. (of a man) Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively men as romantic or sexual partners; male counterpart of lesbian.
    Synonym: gay man
    • 1883, John Addington Symonds, chapter 19, in A Problem in Greek Ethics‎[1]:
      while the [Dorian] love of males for males in Greece obtained moralisation, and reached the high position of a recognised social function, the [Lesbian] love of female for female remained undeveloped and unhonoured
    • 1890, John Addington Symonds in A. Strahan, The Contemporary Review‎[2], page 416:
      All the Spartan kings and generals grew up under the institution of Dorian love. Epameinondas and Alexander were notable lovers; and the names of their comrades are recorded.
    • 2011, Daniel Orrells, Classical Culture and Modern Masculinity‎[3], page 159:
      And the evidence from Symonds's Memoirs seems to suggest that 'Ionian' implied pederastic relations, as attested in ancient Athens, whereas 'Dorian' involved two virile men.
    • 2012, Daniel Orrells, “Greek love, orientalism and race: intersections in Classical reception”, in The Cambridge Classical Journal‎[4], Cambridge University Press:
      Dorian love, on the other hand, was a love between two virile equals, and so exceptional and unique.
    • 2015, John Lauritsen, “Down With LGBTQ!”, in Gay Liberation‎[5], Utrecht University:
      Gay may not be ideal, and it has acquired negative connotations in recent years. I'd much prefer the beautiful word, Dorian, which can be both noun and adjective.
    • 2015, Lotte Campman, chapter 1, in Greek Love and Love for All Things Greek: Gay Subtext and Greek Intertext in Works by Oscar Wilde‎[6], page 9:
      Wilde’s choice for his main protagonist’s name a “veiled reference to ‘Dorian’ or ‘Greek’ love”.
    • 2022, Sarah Olsen & Mario Telò, chapter 1, in Queer Euripides: Re-Readings in Greek Tragedy‎[7], page 31:
      "Dorian love" between two masculine adult men should now be seen as a model for modern democratic, socialist politics.

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Noun

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Dorian (plural Dorians)

  1. A member of the Dorians.

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Proper noun

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Dorian

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, famously used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
  2. A female given name

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