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Crœsus

Crœsus is the alternative form of Croesus.

Crœsus is the obsolete form of Croesus.

Meaning of Croesus

Proper noun

Croesus

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage, notably borne by
    1. A king of Lydia, noted for his great wealth.
      • “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

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Forms of Crœsus

pluralCrœsuses
pluralCrœsi

Questions about Crœsus

What is Crœsus the alternative form of?
Crœsus is the alternative form of Croesus.

Words near Crœsus in the dictionary

  1. crêpy
  2. Crăciunești
  3. Crăcăoani
  4. Crăiești
  5. Crœsi
  6. Crœsus
  7. Crœsuses
  8. cs
  9. CS gas
  10. CS.
  11. CS:GO

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Crœsus (page history and authors); Croesus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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