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Tro·jan ¹  (trjn)

n.

1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Troy.

2. A person of courageous determination or energy.

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[Middle English, from Latin Trinus, from Tria, Troy, from Greek, from Trs, the mythical founder of Troy.]

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Trojan adj.

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Tro·jan ²  (trjn)

adj.

Of or relating to a celestial body, especially an asteroid, that is in one of the Lagrangian points of a two-body system. Used especially of any of a group of asteroids that orbit at Jupiter's distance from the sun, but 60° ahead of or behind the planet.

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[From the names of heroes of the Trojan War used for these asteroids.]

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Trojan

Adjective

of ancient Troy or its people

Noun

1. a person from ancient Troy

2. a hard-working person

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Trojan - a native of ancient Troy             Dardan, Dardanian Ilion, Ilium, Troy - an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
	2.	trojan - a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse" trojan horse malevolent program - a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects
Adj.	1.	Trojan - of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants; "Trojan cities"