# Meleager

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μελέαγρος (Meléagros).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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