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Definition of Doris

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.

2. Noun. A small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken.

Definition of Doris

1. n. A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiæ on the back.

Definition of Doris

1. Proper noun. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus and mother of fifty sea-nymphs or nereids. ¹

2. Proper noun. (zoology mollusca) A genus marine of mollusca having a growth of branchiae on their backs. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek female given name), taken to regular use in the end of the 19th century. ¹

4. Proper noun. (British slang) One's girl friend, wife or significant other. ¹

5. Adjective. (Cockney rhyming slang) gay ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Doris

1. A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchiae on the back. Origin: L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. (19 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doris

dorbugs dore doree dorees dorfmanite dorgi dorgis dorhawk dorhawks doric

dorid doridoid doridoids dorids dories doris (current term) dorise dorised dorises dorising

dorize dorized dorizes dorizing dorkface dorkfaces dorkier dorkiest dorkified

Literary usage of Doris

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"Action by EJ doris and others against Albert H. Story and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. Reversed on main bill of exceptions, ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"In the • doris, Cuv.(2) The anus opens on the posterior part of the back, the branchiae being arranged in a circle round it, under the form of little ..."

3. Peterson's Magazine (1876)
"That was enough for her to know, since she bad been measured by doris, ... I wonder what he says to doris, when he— when he makes love to her,': she ..."

4. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"doris' WINTER CIRCUS THE Arena Athletic club building on the north side of Forty- second Street ... ES doris was the proprietor, and John B. doris, manager. ..."

5. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"War between doris and Phocis. Hostilities resulting between Athens and ... The rugged province of doris, the mother- country of the greater part of the ..."

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