Melchior

Definitions

1. One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend.
2. A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.

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Examples

“So twin boys, our fathers, were born in the USA. Melchior and Peregrine. What names, eh? What delusions of grandeur went into the naming of them? If you shorten them to 'Mel' and 'Perry', they've got a democratically twentieth-century and transatlantic ring⟳ to them.”

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