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Definition of Troilus
1. n. A large, handsome American butterfly (Euphœades, or Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings.
Definition of Troilus
1. a large butterfly [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Troilus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Troilus
Literary usage of Troilus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1400 by John Edwin Wells (1916)
"the 'comedie' that at the end of the troilus Chaucer speaks of wishing to write,
is an anticipation of the Hous. He has argued for the date 1379^.and ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"And eke for me prayeth to God so deare, That I have might to shew in some manere,
Such paine and woe, as Loves folke endure, In troilus ..."
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