Cressida

American  

[kres-i-duh] / ˈkrɛs ɪ də /

noun

1. (in medieval adaptations of the story of the Trojan wars) a Trojan woman portrayed as the lover of Troilus, whom she deserts for Diomedes.

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Cressida British  

/ ˈkrɛsɪdə /

noun

1. (in medieval adaptations of the story of Troy) a lady who deserts her Trojan lover Troilus for the Greek Diomedes

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Example Sentences

US reviewer Rooney describes director Marc Webb's work a "vibrant retelling" with a "smart script" from Erin Cressida Wilson.

From BBC

Webb and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson had two options: Mimic the 1937 cartoon shot for shot and be slammed for the craven inessentiality of such an exercise, or change anything and face fans’ wrath.

From Los Angeles Times

Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu, and Cressida Gethin originally received four-year jail terms for their involvement in the same protest.

From BBC

The Reading Rights Summit will also hear from fellow authors Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen, two of his predecessors as children's laureate.

From BBC

For his first show in New York, Mandvi played Hector in Shakespeare’s “Troilus and Cressida.”

From Los Angeles Times