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Meleager

Meleager proper noun: a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.

Proper noun

Meleager

  1. (Ancient-Greek) A hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.

Origin of Meleager

From Ancient Greek Μελέαγρος (Meléagros).

Words formed from Meleager

Questions about Meleager

What does Meleager mean?
Meleager means a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia, famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and mentioned as one of the Argonauts.
What part of speech is Meleager?
Meleager is a proper noun.

Words near Meleager in the dictionary

  1. Meldrum
  2. Meldrums
  3. melds
  4. meldub
  5. mele
  6. Meleager
  7. Meleagrian
  8. meleagridid
  9. meleagridids
  10. meleagrin
  11. meleagrine

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