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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a native of ancient Troy;
[syn: Trojan, Dardan, Dardanian]

2. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful;
- Example: "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"
- Example: "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse"
[syn: trojan, trojan horse]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants;
- Example: "Trojan cities"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trojan \Tro"jan\, a. [L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from Tros, Gr. Trw`s, Trwo`s, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy.] 1. Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Troy. [1913 Webster] 2. One who shows the pluck, endurance, determined energy, strength, or the like, attributed to the defenders of Troy; -- used chiefly or only in the phrase like a Trojan; as, he endured the pain like a Trojan; he studies like a Trojan. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Tim jumped like a Trojan from the bed. --Finnegan's Wake (Irish song) [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Trojan adj 1: of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants; "Trojan cities" n 1: a native of ancient Troy [syn: Trojan, Dardan, Dardanian] 2: a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse" [syn: trojan, trojan horse]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Trojan horse trojan (Or just "trojan") A term coined by MIT-hacker-turned-NSA-spook Dan Edwards for a malicious, security-breaking program that is disguised as something benign, such as a directory lister, archiver, game or (in one notorious 1990 case on the Mac) a program to find and destroy viruses! A Trojan horse is similar to a back door. See also RFC 1135, worm, phage, mockingbird. [Jargon File] (2008-06-19)