theodore

noun

1. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift of God.”

noun

1. died a.d. 649, pope 642–649.

noun

1. pope a.d. 897.

noun

1. called Lascaris. ?1175–1222, Byzantine ruler, who founded a Byzantine state in exile at Nicaea after Constantinople fell to the Crusaders (1204)

masc. proper name, from Latin Theodorus, from Greek Theodoros, literally “gift of god,” from theos “god” (see Thea) + doron “gift” (see date (n.1)).