Doris

A surname.

Adjective

  1. gay

Origin

From the name of famous film star Doris Day.

Proper noun human sciences, mysticism

  1. 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.
  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...
    • I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle. - 1989, Judy...
    • The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press...
  6. A surname.
  7. 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...
    • Liam [Gallagher] changed the lyrics of 1994 hit Cigarettes & Alcohol to sing: ‘Is it worth the aggravation/To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?’ The 48-year-old quickly added: ‘That’s for you...

    Synonyms: BoJo Bozza

Origin

From Ancient Greek Δωρίς (Dōrís). Sense 7 is owing to similarity to Boris.

Forms

Dorises

Synonyms

48 Doris ㊽

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A surname.

    Related: Dorris

Origin

* 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”).

Noun

  1. One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
  2. 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:

Forms

Dorises