cyrus the younger

1. 1.

   Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)

   SynonymsCyrus

   Broaderprince

Questions about cyrus the younger

What does cyrus the younger mean?

cyrus the younger means "Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)".

What is another word for cyrus the younger?

Close synonyms include Cyrus. 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 younger a common word?

cyrus the younger 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.