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Dec 1, 2009
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Cres•si•da



Pronunciation: (kres'i-du), [key]
n.
(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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