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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.

Etymology

From Late Latin Aegīdius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγιδιός (Aigidiós, “kid skin”) (sometimes interpreted as “the protecting”).

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