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balthazar

Syllabification: (bal·tha·zar)
Pronunciation: /bôlˈTHazər, bal-, ˈbôlTHəˌzär/
Definition of balthazar

noun

  • a very large wine bottle, with a capacity of 12 liters, equivalent to that of 16 ordinary wine bottles.

Origin:

1930s: from Balthazar, the name of the King of Babylon, who “made a great feast…and drank wine before a thousand” (Dan. 5:1)

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