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Troyan

Troyan is the obsolete form of Trojan.

Meaning of Trojan

Noun

Trojan (plural Trojans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
  2. A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
  3. A Trojan asteroid.
  4. An object residing at a Trojan point.
  5. One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
    • to study like a Trojan

See all 12 meanings of trojan

Forms of Troyan

pluralTroyans

Questions about Troyan

What is Troyan the obsolete form of?
Troyan is the obsolete form of Trojan.

Words near Troyan in the dictionary

  1. troy pound
  2. troy pounds
  3. Troy town
  4. Troy towns
  5. troy weight
  6. Troyan
  7. Troyana
  8. Troyans
  9. Troye
  10. Troyer
  11. Troyers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Troyan (page history and authors); Trojan (page history and authors). 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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