Usually means: Tragic young lover in literature.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word troilus:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. Troilus, Troilus, troilus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Troilus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Troilus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Troilus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Troilus: Wordnik
  6. Troilus: Wiktionary
  7. Troilus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Troilus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Troilus: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Troilus: Dictionary.com
  11. Troilus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Troilus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. troilus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Troilus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. Troilus: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. troilus: FreeDictionary.org
  17. Troilus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Troilus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Troilus)

▸ noun:  A male given name.
▸ noun:  Troilus, a character associated with the Trojan War

Similar:
Troi, troy, Troye, Trajan, Thyrsis, Tristian, Tilian, Troyana, Tristram, Tristan, more...

Opposite:
Cressida

Phrases:
Papilio troilus, Troilus butterfly, Troilus and Cressida, Troilus and Criseyde, lover of troilus in a shakespeare play, more...

Adjectives:
young, poor, sweet, own, good, true, compare, worthy, faithful, brave, last

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Similar:
Troi, troy, Troye, Trajan, Thyrsis, Tristian, Tilian, Troyana, Tristram, Tristan, more...

Opposite:
Cressida

Phrases:
Papilio troilus, Troilus butterfly, Troilus and Cressida, Troilus and Criseyde, lover of troilus in a shakespeare play, more...

Adjectives:
young, poor, sweet, own, good, true, compare, worthy, faithful, brave, last



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