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Definition of: Cressida
(kres′i·də)
In medieval legend, in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, and in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, a Trojan girl unfaithful to her lover Troilus: also spelled Criseyde. Also Cres′sid.
See PANDARUS.
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