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Midas
Mi·das [ mdəss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
king who turned objects to gold: in Greek mythology, a Phrygian king who befriended Silenus, a follower of Dionysus, and was rewarded by Dionysus with the gift of making everything he touched turn into gold
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