Definition of Doree

1. n. A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.

Definition of Doree

1. dory [n -S] - See also: dory

Medical Definition of Doree

1. A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow colour. The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. Jaune-doree, i. E, golden-yellow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doree

dorad
dorado
dorados
dorads
dorallcharite
dorama
doramas
doraphobia
dorb
dorbeetle
dorbeetles
dorbs
dorbug
dorbugs
dore
doree (current term)
dorees
dorfmanite
dorgi
dorgis
dorhawk
dorhawks
doric
dorid
doridoid
doridoids
dorids
dories
doris
dorise

Literary usage of Doree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ins and Outs of Paris: Or, Paris by Day and Night by Julie Granville Marguerittes (1855)
"THE name of Jeunesse doree was first given to the class it indicates, ... Subsequently, the Jeunesse doree were supposed to mean, a class of young men ..."

2. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1842)
"doree. THE same author, ibid. p. 221, informs us that " Superstition hath made the doree rival to the Hadock for the honour of having been the fish out of ..."

3. Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1900)
"It is rather difficult at this time to adjust the conflicting claims of the two members of the finny tribe ; for the doree likewise asserts an origin of its ..."

4. Bibliotheca Americana: Or, A Chronological Catalogue of the Most Curious and by Leman Thomas Rede, Arthur Homer, Alexander Dalrymple, John Debrett (1789)
"4 Tom. grande Papier, relie en Maroquin rouge, & doree fur la Cote & Franche. Amft. 17*4. ... doree ..."

5. Madame Tallien: Notre Dame de Thermidor, from the Last Days of the French by Louis Gastine (1913)
"... and the part played by him in the exploits of the Jeunesse doree—Receptions at La ... doree ..."

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