Croesus
Americannoun
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Croesuses,
plural
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Croesi
plural
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died 546 b.c., king of Lydia 560–546: noted for his great wealth.
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a very rich man.
noun
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died ?546 bc , the last king of Lydia (560–546), noted for his great wealth
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any very rich man
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Croesus
First recorded in 1350-1400 Croesus for def. 2; from Latin Croesus, from Greek Kroîsos
Example Sentences
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The Lydians are widely credited with inventing coinage, and their ruler, King Croesus, became legendary for his immense wealth.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
All entrepreneurs making pitches to venture capital funds are inclined to promise castles in the air and riches beyond the dreams of Croesus, or they won’t be invited through the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
City has been richer than Croesus for 13 years; its patience is wearing thin.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
He, of course, became as rich as Croesus, even as he bathed in the adulation of his television viewers.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2020
He was rich as Croesus, something he had never expected to be, not in a million years.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
His millions rank him with Rockefeller, Ford, the world's Croesi.
From Time Magazine Archive
A youth of twenty-three, tall, modest, intellectual, and long-haired—in short, the "Ticket"—was to read the opening of a tragedy; and sculptors, painters, mechanicians, and city Croesuses, were invited to be present at the display.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various
Well, then it appears that we are the Croesuses of the society.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
"After what you have told me," I said, "I do not so much wonder that the nation is richer now than then, but that you are not all Croesuses."
From Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy
Then St. Nicholas sighs and sighs, and sends for his messengers, and they all come in with long faces, and take off big packages to the Croesuses and the Centlivres, and the rest of them.
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Robert Haven Schauffler
For fear of halters, we must alter our way of living; we must live close, Bardolph, till the wars make us Croesuses or food for crows.
From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by James Branch Cabell
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