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Definition Trojan in British English

Trojan noun

[countable] noun
/ˈtrəʊdʒ(ə)n/
1

someone from the ancient city of Troy, which was destroyed in a war by the Greeks

Synonyms and related words
the ancients Anglo-Saxon barbarian
2

a program that seems useful but is designed to be harmful, for example by stealing or destroying information

3

an asteroid that goes around the sun following exactly the same orbit as a planet

Example

Asteroids are giant space rocks that orbit the sun, and ones that share an orbit with a planet are called Trojans.

Definition Trojan in British English