Dardan

[ dahr-dn ]

adjective

1. Trojan.

Dardan

/ dɑːˈdeɪnɪən; ˈdɑːdən /

noun

1. another name for a Trojan

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dardan¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The Trojan prince was thus preserved because the Dardan race, to which he belonged, was beloved by Jupiter.

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Juno was Jupiter's Ganymede before the Dardan boy mixed the luscious cup.

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And that every thing is Trojan, or Dardan, which lies within the division, vv.

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We find an insulated yet remarkable note of kin between the Dardan house and the Greeks in the case of Echepolus.

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I therefore gather, that every thing in this part of the Catalogue is strictly Trojan or Dardan.

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