Balthazar

[ bal-they-zer, -thaz-er, bawl-, bahl-thuh-zahr ]

/ bælˈθeɪ zər, -ˈθæz ər, bɔl-, ˈbɑl θəˌzɑr /

one of the three Magi.

a wine bottle holding 13 quarts (12.3 liters).

a male given name.

Example sentences from the Web for balthazar

Casper, Melchior, and Balthazar “presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”

Keep Christmas Commercialized! |P. J. O’Rourke |December 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Will breakfast at Balthazar bring sudden revelations about Millennials and Gen Xers and their taste in wheels?

Nationalism on Four Wheels |Clive Irving |October 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The muscles of Balthazar's mouth played convulsively, the twitching of the lip seeming to threaten a loss of self-command.

The Headsman |James Fenimore Cooper
Thus it happened that Balthazar was again carried away by a passion all the more violent because it had lain dormant so long.

The Alkahest |Honore de Balzac

This expedition was under the command of Balthazar de Gallegos.

Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi |John S. C. Abbott
The family of Balthazar was directed to retire, and the attendants were commanded to bring forward Pippo and Conrad.

The Headsman |James Fenimore Cooper
They had gained one of the roofless halls, when he encountered Balthazar.

Rookwood |William Harrison Ainsworth

Balthazar ¹

/ (ˈbælθəˌzɑː, bælˈθæzə) /

a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)

C20: named after Balthazar ( Belshazzar) from his drinking wine at a great feast (Daniel 5:1)

Balthazar ²

/ (ˈbælθəˌzɑː, bælˈθæzə) /

(in Christian tradition) one of the Magi, the others being Caspar and Melchior