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CROESUS
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• CROESUS (noun)
The noun CROESUS has 2 senses:
1. last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)
2. a very wealthy man
Familiarity information: CROESUS used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Last king of Lydia (died in 546 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A very wealthy man
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Croesus" is a kind of...):
have; rich person; wealthy person (a person who possesses great material wealth)
Context examples
But Julia keeps no diary in these days; never sings Affection's Dirge; eternally quarrels with the old Scotch Croesus, who is a sort of yellow bear with a tanned hide.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
What ship comes sailing home from India, and what English lady is this, married to a growling old Scotch Croesus with great flaps of ears?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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