Usually means: Mythical Egyptian king; deceptive rhetoric.
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  1. Busiris, busiris: Wordnik
  2. Busiris (Aphroditopolis), Busiris (Greek mythology), Busiris (Lower Egypt), Busiris (Middle Egypt), Busiris (king of Egypt), Busiris (mythology), Busiris: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Busiris, Busiris: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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noun:  Busiris (Greek: ) or Aphroditopolis was an ancient city of Middle Egypt, in the Aphroditopolite nome, on the west bank of the Nile, southwest of Aphroditopolis (the modern city of Atfih).
noun:  In Greek mythology, (Ancient Greek: Βούσιρις) a fictional Egyptian king of the central Delta who was killed by Heracles.
noun:  launched at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1814 as a West Indiaman.


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