Definition of "Doris"

Doris¹

/ˈdɒɹɪs/

proper noun
1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
  Quotations
  And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.
  1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, stanza 49
2. An ancient region in Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
3. An ancient mountainous region in Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
4. (astronomy) 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.
  Quotations
  "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 state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]
  1866, Mary A. Prescott, “Doris Daylesford, A Story”, in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149
  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 Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, page 35
6. A surname.
noun
plural Dorises
1. (Britain, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
2. (Britain, slang) A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
  Quotations
  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

Doris²

/ˈdɒɹɪs/

adjective
not comparable
1. (Cockney rhyming slang) gay