trojan


Definition: Meaning of, trojan in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtrəʊʤən /

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  1. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
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Trojan


Definition: Meaning of, Trojan in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈtrəʊdʒ(ə)n /

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  1. trademark a type of CONDOM sold in the US
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  2. old-fashioned work like a Trojan to work very hard
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Trojan used in phrases

  • Trojan Horse
    1. the Trojan Horse a wooden horse used by Greek soldiers to trick their enemies the Trojans during the Trojan War. The Greeks hid inside a large wooden model of a horse and were taken into Troy by Trojan soldiers, who thought that it was a gift.
  • Trojan War (noun)
    1. via the Trojan Horse Greek mythology a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground
  • Trojan War, the
    1. according to ancient Greek stories, a war which was fought between the Greeks and the Trojans because the Trojan prince Paris had carried off Helen, wife of Menelaus, a Greek king. The war was won by a trick in which Greek soldiers, hidden inside a wooden model of a horse, were taken into Troy by the Trojans, who thought that the horse was a gift. HOMER describes the Trojan War in his book the Iliad .
  • Trojan horse (noun)
    1. something that seems ordinary but that is used to hide someone's real intentions
    2. a type of computer VIRUS
  • trojan horse (noun)
    1. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful
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