Dardan

American  

[dahr-dn] / ˈdɑr dn /

Also Dardanian

adjective

1. Trojan.

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Dardan British  

/ dɑːˈdeɪnɪən, ˈdɑːdən /

noun

1. another name for a Trojan

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Etymology

Origin of Dardan

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

Into the court She burst her way, then at her passion's height She climbed the pyre and bared the Dardan sword� A gift desired once, for no such need.

From Time Magazine Archive

Priam’s six-gated city, Dardan, and Timbria, Helias, Chetas, Troien, And Antenorides, with massy staples And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts Spar up the sons of Troy.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

Let the false Dardan feel the blaze That burns me pouring on his gaze, And bear along, to cheer his way, The funeral presage of to-day.’”

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

Now on Dardan plains The fresh and yet unbruised Greeks do pitch Their brave pavilions.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

Nor race divine,       Nor Dardan sire, nor Goddess mother thine!

From The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad by Virgil