Definition of "Melchior"

Melchior

/ˈmɛl.ki.ɔː(ɹ)/

noun
plural Melchiors
1. A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.
proper noun
1. One of the Magi according to medieval Christian legend.
2. (rather rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
  Quotations
  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.
  1991, Angela Carter, Wise Children, Chatto & Windus, page 16