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doris

/ˈdɒɹɪs/US/ˈdɔɹɪs/

doris noun: a sea slug.

Noun (1)

doris

  1. A sea slug.
    • It is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understand us, we should ask pardon for the comparison.1858, The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, page 536

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Doris

Doris (plural Dorises)

  1. (Greek) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
    • And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 49
  2. An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
  3. An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
  4. 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
    Synonyms:
    48 Doris, ㊽
  5. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
    • "My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?"
    • "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it...1866, Mary A. Prescott, “Doris Daylesford, A Story”, in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149
  6. A surname.
  7. (UK, derogatory) Nickname for Boris Johnson (born 1964), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.
    • I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to the office.2008 June 1, Brian Watson, “Re: Booze Cruise”, in england.local.london (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jan 2026
    • But what about that really annoying drama queen Boris ‘Doris’ Johnson who was definitely after her [Theresa May’s] job, although he kept denying it?2018 December 14, Maxine Gordon, “Brexit needs a magic solution”, in The Press, York, North Yorkshire: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 4
    Synonyms:
    BoJo, Bozza

Noun (2) capitalized: Doris

Doris (plural Dorises)

  1. (UK, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
  2. (UK, slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
    • Fella at work, right? He's met this Doris on a park bench, at lunch time, and he's started going out on like, dates with her!2008 June 27, Michael Holden, “Michael Holden's All ears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Doris

Doris

  1. A surname.

Adjective capitalized: Doris

Doris (not comparable)

  1. (Cockney, slang) gay

doris meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

doris in Hindi

डोरिस, डौरिस, डॉरिस

doris in Tamil

டோரிஸ்

doris in Marathi

डोरिस, डोरीस, डॉरिस

doris in Urdu

ڈورس, ڈوریس
More languagesFewer languages
doris in Bengali
ডোরিস, ডরিস
doris in Telugu
డోరిస్, దోరిస్
doris in Malayalam
ഡോറിസ്, ദോറിസ്, ഡൊറിസ്
doris in Kannada
ಡೋರಿಸ್, ಡೊರಿಸ್, ದೋರಿಸ್
doris in Punjabi
ਡੋਰਿਸ, ਡੌਰਿਸ, ਡੋਰੀਸ
doris in Gujarati
ડોરિસ, ડોરીસ
doris in Odia
ଡୋରିସ୍, ଡୋରିସ
doris in Nepali
डोरिस, दोरिस

Synonyms of doris

Forms of doris

Proper noun
pluralDorises
Noun
pluralDorises

Origin of doris

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Etymology 1 sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

* Shortened Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhruis, from earlier Ó Dubhrosa, from Ó (“descendant”) + Dubhros, a name from dubh (“black”) + ros (“wood”). * A habitational French surname from d' (“of”) + Oris-en-Rattier (“a commune in Isère, France”).

From the name of famous film star Doris Day.

Words formed from doris

Words that rhyme with doris

Questions about doris

What does doris mean?
Doris means a sea slug.
What is doris in Hindi?
Doris in Hindi is डोरिस, डौरिस, डॉरिस. See Doris meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is doris?
Doris can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce doris?
Doris is pronounced /ˈdɒɹɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of doris?
The plural of doris is Dorises.

Words near doris in the dictionary

  1. Doriot
  2. Doriott
  3. doripenem
  4. dorippid
  5. dorippids
  6. doris
  7. Dorised
  8. Dorises
  9. Dorism
  10. Dorisms
  11. Dorito

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doris (page history and authors); Doris (page history and authors); doris (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doris (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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