Trojan
of or relating to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.
a native or inhabitant of Troy.
a person who shows pluck, determination, or energy: to work like a Trojan.
Computers. Trojan horse (def. 3).
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How to use Trojan in a sentence
Neither party likes doing it, despite Republicans’ portrayal of Democrats as tax-hike-happy Trojan warriors.
Republicans are laying a ‘Trojan horse’ trap on infrastructure | Catherine Rampell | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostAnticipating this, Republicans have preemptively accused Democrats of using infrastructure as a “Trojan horse” for tax hikes.
Republicans are laying a ‘Trojan horse’ trap on infrastructure | Catherine Rampell | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s thought that the Trojan asteroids could hold clues to understanding the early Solar System—and perhaps even clues to the origins of Earth’s organic material.
Mars missions, a super-powered telescope, and more exciting 2021 space events | Paola Rosa-Aquino | January 7, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe orbits of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids are strangely tilted.
The Sight of Jupiter and Saturn Together Is a Beautiful Thing - Facts So Romantic | Sean Raymond & Sebastiaan Krijt | December 21, 2020 | NautilusThis isn’t helping you get started, it’s nothing more than an onboarding Trojan horse.
Sabet says the Florida ballot measure was a Trojan Horse for legalization and voters were seeing it for what it was.
It offered education and moral guidance inside the Trojan horse of entertainment.
In Moscow there was even a nickname given to the convoy: Trojan Horse, according to the radio station Echo of Moscow.
Russia's Suspicious Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine Separatists | Anna Nemtsova | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs Moscow's aid convoy to eastern Ukraine the real thing, or a Trojan horse preparing the way for more war?
Russia's Suspicious Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine Separatists | Anna Nemtsova | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCall them Trojan horse foods: nutritiously pleasing ingredients (oats, yogurts) that conceal a whole host of junk.
Edward received it in his camp, and in reply formally deduced his claim to the superiority, from Brute the Trojan.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn one of the scenes we find depicted the sacrifice of the Trojan youths at the grave of Patroclus.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanThe Trojan camp was brilliantly lit up with fires, and there may have been a moon, so the less bronze the better.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangIn the Trojan camp Hector has called a council, and asked for a volunteer spy to seek intelligence among the Achaeans.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangIn the Doloneia the wakeful princes, after inspecting the advanced guard, go forward within view of the Trojan ranks and consult.
Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Trojan
/ (ˈtrəʊdʒən) /
a native or inhabitant of ancient Troy
a person who is hard-working and determined
of or relating to ancient Troy or its inhabitants
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Other Idioms and Phrases with Trojan
see under work like a beaver (trojan).
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