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Webster 1913 Edition

(krē′sŭs)

rop.

Noun.

[L., fr. G.

Κροῖσος

A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century

b. c.

, and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man;

as, he is a veritable

Crœsus