trojan meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

trojan

nounalso spelled Trojan

UK /ˈtɹəʊd͡ʒən/ · US /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/

Etymology From Trojan horse.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Malware that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.

Derived terms: exotrojan, trojanize
Hypernyms: malware

trojan

adj

Etymology From Trojan horse.

Astronomy, Natural sciences Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

trojan

verb

Etymology From Trojan horse.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To infect (a system) with a trojan.

Trojan

noun

CA, US /ˈtɹoʊd͡ʒən/ · AU /ˈtɹəʉd͡ʒən/

Etymology From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.

A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.

Astrophysics A Trojan asteroid.

Astrophysics An object residing at a Trojan point.

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Trojan horse.

In similes One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.

to study like a Trojan
Farewell he, he was a kinde good fellow, a true Troyan: and it euer be my lucks to meete him at more leaſure, Ile make him full amendes with a Cup full of Canarie.1600, William Kempe, Kemps nine daies vvonder:

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Mortified as he was at this suspension of his plan, he had, at any rate, the full satisfaction of knowing not only that he himself had discharged his duty, but that every one under him had done the same, from Jim Bell, who fought like a Trojan, to little Dewhurst, his aide-de-camp, whose first smell of powder this was.1837, William Johnson Neale, Gentleman Jack: a naval story, page 193:
We have twice had all we wanted in the way of squalls: once, as I came on deck, I found the green sea over the cockpit coamings and running down the companion like a brook to meet me; at that same moment the foresail sheet jammed and the captain had no knife; this was the only occasion on the cruise that ever I set hand to a rope, but I worked like a Trojan, judging the possibility of haemorrhage better than the certainty of drowning.1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Tales of the South Seas:
Leave all to me, and I'll bring you through it like a Trojan.2014, R. Shelton Mackenzie, Bits of Blarney, →ISBN, page 49:

Hypernyms: Lagrangian

Trojan

adj

Etymology From old forms Troyan, Troian, Middle English Troiā̆n, from Old English Trōiān, from Latin Troiānus, from Troia (“Troy”) + -ānus, from Ancient Greek Τροίᾱ (Troíā).

Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.

Involving great strength or endurance.

You know you should get up but the thought of making your way to the bathroom to wash is like a trojan task. Why bother?2009, D. P. Greene, Couples, page 104:

Astrophysics Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.

Malicious but disguised as legitimate

Computer security

Derived terms: Trojan War, Trojan horse, Trojan Wicca, Trojan moon, Trojan planet
Related terms: Trojan point, Trojan asteroid
Hypernyms: Lagrangian

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