trojan

plural trojans

1. computingMalware 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.

1. not comparableastronomyDescribing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another

present singular third person trojans · participle present trojaning · participle past trojaned · past trojaned

1. transitivecomputingTo infect (a system) with a trojan.

plural Trojans · alternative dated Troyan · alternative dated Troian

1. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
2. A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
3. astrophysicsA Trojan asteroid.
4. astrophysicsAn object residing at a Trojan point.
5. abbreviationellipsiscomputingEllipsis of Trojan horse.
6. One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.

   to study like a Trojan

   4 more examples

   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

   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

alternative dated Troyan · alternative dated Troian

1. not comparableOf, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
2. not comparableInvolving 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

3. not comparableastrophysicsOf, or relating to, a Trojan point.
4. not comparablecomputer securityMalicious but disguised as legitimate