Usually means: Malicious software disguised as legitimate.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word trojan:

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  1. Trojan: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Trojan: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Trojan, Trojan: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Trojan: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Trojan, trojan: Vocabulary.com
  6. Trojan, trojan: Wordnik
  7. Trojan, trojan: Wiktionary
  8. Trojan: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Trojan: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Trojan: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. trojan: Dictionary.com
  12. Trojan: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. 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
  14. Trojan: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. trojan: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. trojan: Rhymezone
  17. Trojan: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Trojan: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. trojan: Free Dictionary
  20. trojan: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Trojan: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. Trojan: Merriam-Webster.com

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:  (programming) Of, or relating to, a certain type of malware.
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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