Meaning and Origin
What does the name Dory mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Dory
User Submitted Origins
English
64%
Latin
18%
Arabic
9%
Greek
9%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Canada says the name Dory means "Ember in the ashes".
- A user from Massachusetts, U.S. says the name Dory means "It is a type of rowboat".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Do"ry
Senses
- [Zoöl] A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.
- [Zoöl] The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also doré. See Pike perch.
Etymology: Named from 1st color, fr. F. dorée gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf. Aureole
noun Do"ry
A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
Other Dictionary Sources
- Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
- Pike-like freshwater perches
- A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
Wiktionary
A dory in Haeska, Lääne County, Estonia
- (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
Attested in American English from 1709 C.E.; possibly derived from an indigenous language of the West Indies or Central America, perhaps Miskito.
- (nautical) A small flat-bottomed boat with pointed or somewhat pointed ends, used for fishing both offshore and on rivers.
An 1831–1841 pencil and watercolor illustration of the John Dory (Zeus faber) by William MacGillivray, from the collection of the Natural History Museum, London
- Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
From Middle English dorry, from Old French doree, past participle of dorer (“to gild”), from Latin deauratus.
- Any of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru).
- A wooden pike or spear about three metres (ten feet) in length with a flat, leaf-shaped iron spearhead and a bronze butt-spike (called a sauroter), which was the main weapon of hoplites in Ancient Greece. It was usually not thrown but rather thrust at opponents with one hand.