Usually means: Malicious software disguised as legitimate.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word trojan:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. trojan: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Trojan: Merriam-Webster
  3. Trojan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Trojan, Trojan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Trojan: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Trojan, trojan: Vocabulary.com
  7. Trojan, trojan: Wordnik
  8. Trojan, trojan: Wiktionary
  9. Trojan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Trojan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Trojan: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. trojan: Dictionary.com
  13. Trojan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Trojan (Racing team), Trojan (Red Dwarf), Trojan (astronomy), Trojan (automobile), Trojan (brand), Trojan (celestial body), Trojan (computing), Trojan (condoms), Trojan (malware), Trojan (racing team), Trojan (surname), Trojan (vehicle), Trojan (video game), Trojan: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Trojan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. trojan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. trojan: Rhymezone
  18. Trojan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Trojan: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. trojan: FreeDictionary.org
  21. trojan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Trojan: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Trojan: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Trojan: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. trojan: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. trojan: Hacking Lexicon
  4. Trojan (disambiguation), Trojan: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Trojan (disambiguation), Trojan: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. trojan: Idioms
  2. Trojan: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Trojan: Nine Planets Glossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Trojan: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See trojans as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Trojan)

noun:  (computing) 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.
adjective:  (astronomy) Describing a satellite (moon or minor planet) that shares an orbit with another
verb:  (computing, transitive) To infect (a system) with a trojan.
noun:  A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Troy.
noun:  A student (especially an athlete) of the University of Southern California.
noun:  (astrophysics) A Trojan asteroid.
noun:  (astrophysics) An object residing at a Trojan point.
noun:  (in similes) One who shows great pluck, endurance, strength, etc.
adjective:  Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.
adjective:  Involving great strength or endurance.
adjective:  (astrophysics) Of, or relating to, a Trojan point.
adjective:  (computer security) Malicious but disguised as legitimate
noun:  (computing) Short for Trojan horse. [(Greek mythology) The hollow wooden horse by which the Greeks allegedly gained access to Ilium/Troy during the Trojan War.]

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