Balthazar
Americannoun
-
one of the three Biblical Magi.
-
a wine bottle holding 13 quarts (12.3 liters).
-
a first name.
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Balthazar
C20: named after Balthazar ( Belshazzar ) from his drinking wine at a great feast (Daniel 5:1)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The drive in Congress offers another source of hope for home health care worker Balthazar as she nervously monitors the courts.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
She and her sister-in-law, Zawadi Balthazar, 22, must now raise six children between them without their fathers.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
"I worked my way up from a baby, who didn't know anything about pastry, to pastry sous chef," Emiko said of her ascent, first at Balthazar, then at Augustine and now Koloman.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023
Among the artworks destroyed was a 17th-century clock made by Balthazar Martinot and that the French royal court gifted to the Portuguese King.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Marie Ommeganck, a sister of the renowned Balthazar Ommeganck, surnamed the "Racine des Moutons," painted several landscapes in the manner of her brother; Mlle.
From Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day by Sparrow, Walter Shaw
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
