First Known Use: 1567
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Chryseis
noun Chry·se·is \krī-ˈsē-əs\
Definition of CHRYSEIS
: a daughter of a priest of Apollo in the Iliad narrative taken at Troy by Agamemnon but later restored to her father
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Origin of CHRYSEIS
Latin, from Greek Chrysēis
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