Cressida

[ kres-i-duh ]

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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How to use Cressida in a sentence

  • Troilus and Cressida part; but Cressida is false, and Troilus has his country left him.

    Emily Bront | A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
  • He falls in love with Cressida at first sight and at once despairs of winning her.

    Chaucer and His Times | Grace E. Hadow
  • Cressida is incapable of being swept away by a great passion.

    Chaucer and His Times | Grace E. Hadow
  • In Cressida Chaucer had painted a woman of the butterfly type.

    Chaucer and His Times | Grace E. Hadow
  • In describing Cressida, Chaucer keeps fairly close to his original.

    Chaucer and His Times | Grace E. Hadow

British Dictionary definitions for Cressida

Cressida

Criseyde or Cressid

/ (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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