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Name Calidore
Gender Masculine
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Pronounced Pron. KAL-i-dawr
Other Forms FormsCallidora, Kalidoros?
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Meaning & History
Perhaps derived from Greek #kallos# "beauty" and #doron# "gift". It was used by Edmund Spenser in his poem 'The Faerie Queene' (1596), where Sir Calidore, the Knight of Courtesy, is the hero of Book VI who tames the Blatant Beast as requested by Queen GLORIANA.