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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Croesus  \Cr[oe]"sus\  (kr[=e]"s[u^]s),  n.  [L.,  fr  G.  Kroi^sos.] 
  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  Cr[oe]sus. 




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