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Trojan

Trojan

8.1
A person from the ancient city of Troy
  • noun
  • /ˈtroʊdʒən/
  • Literature
translation icon : troyano
  • In the Iliad, the Greeks and the Trojans prayed to the same gods.

And they'll think that I'm you and I'll fight and maybe we'll push these Trojans back.

Examples

  • But his fate and that of his fellow Trojans was already sealed.

  • So let's turn our attention to the trojan war.

  • And this example has the two Trojan War heroes.

  • Helen, the wife of a Greek king, had vanished to Troy with Paris, a Trojan Prince.

  • In classical literature, Hector is often portrayed as a noble Trojan warrior.

  • The city of Troy was famously besieged by Greek forces during the Trojan War.

  • According to legend, a Trojan architect designed the famous wooden horse that led to Troy's downfall.

Synonyms

Dardanian
vsTrojan
  • Archaic
9.9

A person from ancient Troy often mentioned in old stories

means the same but differs only as an alternative historical name
Dardan
vsTrojan
  • Archaic
9.9

A person from the ancient city of Troy

is more associated with classical literature and literary usage

Compounds

1 7.4

A person or thing that seems harmless but secretly causes harm

Trojan Horse
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Harmful software that pretends to be useful to make users install it so attackers can access and steal their data

Trojan Horse
  • Literature
4.7

A large hollow wooden horse that hides soldiers to let them enter the city of Troy secretly

trojan horse
  • Texting
6.1

A computer program that looks useful but hides harmful code

Surface Forms

Trojan singular
Trojans plural

Morphology

Trojan = Troy (transparent) = Troy + an

The demonym 'Trojan' is a regular and semantically clear formation from 'Troy' plus the suffix '-an'.

Etymology

Trojan comes from the ancient city Troy, so a Trojan was simply a person 'from Troy' who appears in the old Greek stories about the city's people and heroes.