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Definition of: Cyrus
(sī′rəs; Fr. sē·rü′, Ger. tsē′r
s)
A masculine personal name. [<Persian, the sun]
—Cyrus the Great,
died 529 B.C., founder of the Persian Empire.
—Cyrus the Younger,
424?–401 B.C., second son of Darius Notus, king of Persia, who led 10,000 Greeks against his brother, Artaxerxes II. See ANABASIS.
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