CRESSIDA

Meaning of CRESSIDA in English

Cres ‧ si ‧ da /ˈkresɪdə/ BrE AmE ( also Cres‧seid /ˈkresɪd/)

⇨ ↑ Troilus and Cressida

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CRESSIDA — noun Date: 14th century a Trojan woman of medieval legend who pledges herself to Troilus but while a captive of …
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CRESSIDA — /kres"i deuh/ , n. (in medieval adaptations of the story of the Trojan wars) a Trojan woman portrayed as the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRESSIDA — n. Trojan woman who loves and pledges herself to Troilus but is unfaithful and deserts him for the Greek Diomedes …
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CRESSIDA — noun Date: 14th century : a Trojan woman of medieval legend who pledges herself to Troilus but while a captive …
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CRESSIDA — [Cres.si.da] n: a Trojan woman of medieval legend who pledges herself to Troilus but while a captive of the Greeks …
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CRESSIDA — the daughter of Calchas in William Shakespeare's dark comedy Troilus and Cressida. In other versions of this story Cressida is …
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CRESSIDA — Cressida BrE AmE ˈkres ɪd ə -əd-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRESSIDA — n. Pronunciation: ' kre-s ə -d ə Function: noun Date: 14th century : a Trojan woman of medieval legend who …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Lovers in medieval romance, based on characters from Greek mythology . In the Iliad , Troilus, son of Priam and …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — a satiric comedy (1598-1602?) by Shakespeare.
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — drama in five acts by William Shakespeare, performed about 160102 and printed in a quarto edition from a fair copy, …
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Troi ‧ lus and Cres ‧ si ‧ da /ˌtrɔɪləs ənd ˈkresədə/ BrE AmE a play by William ↑ Shakespeare …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA — Lovers in medieval romance, based on characters from Greek mythology . In the Iliad , Troilus, son of Priam and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TROILUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek Trōïlos Date: 14th century a son of Priam who in medieval legend …
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PANDARUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Pandaros Date: 14th century a Lycian archer in the Trojan War who in medieval legend …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ODYSSEUS — I Roman Ulysses Hero of Homer 's Odyssey . According to Homer, Odysseus was the king of Ithaca. His shrewdness, …
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EVANS, DAME EDITH (MARY) — born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent British actress. She made her stage debut as …
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PANDER — I. ˈpandə(r), ˈpaan- noun or pan·der·er -d(ə)rə(r) ; also pan·dar -də(r) ( -s ) Etymology: pander alteration (influenced by -er …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONCUPY — (n.) Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"]
Английский словарь Webster
CONCUPY — ( n. ) Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"]
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROILUS — /troy"leuhs, troh"euh-/ , n. Class. and Med. Legend. a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PANDARUS — /pan"deuhr euhs/ , n. Class. Myth. a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks …
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TROILUS — the son of Priam, king of Troy, in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Young and innocent, Troilus falls in love with …
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PANDARUS — in Greek legend, son of Lycaon, a Lycian. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Pandarus broke the truce between the …
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EVANS, DAME EDITH — born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent in full Dame Edith Mary Evans one of …
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CALCHAS — in Greek mythology, the son of Thestor (a priest of Apollo) and the most famous soothsayer among the Greeks at …
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EVANS, DAME EDITH MARY — born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent British actress. She made her stage debut as …
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EVANS, DAME EDITH — born Feb. 8, 1888, London, Eng. died Oct. 14, 1976, Cranbrook, Kent British actress. She made her stage debut as …
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