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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Minos
a legendary ruler of Crete who ordered Daedalus to build a labyrinth to house the Minotaur.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Minos
son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) minos
a king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. minos
an ancient king of Crete, celebrated for his administration of justice; was fabled to have been appointed, along with Æacus and Rhadamanthus, one of the judges of the dead on their descent into the nether world.

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