cyrus the elder

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   king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)

   SynonymsCyrus IICyrus the Great

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Questions about cyrus the elder

What does cyrus the elder mean?

cyrus the elder means "king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)".

What is another word for cyrus the elder?

Close synonyms include Cyrus II, Cyrus the Great. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyrus the elder a common word?

cyrus the elder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.