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Meaning & History
The name of a tyrant in the Italian epic Orlando Furioso. Invented by the author who used as a base the Greek verb 'μαργαίνω' (margainō = to rage, be mad). It is also a play on (Doric) Greek names such as Aganor, Philanor, where the second element (-ανωρ = ānōr) means 'man'. So the name essentially comes to mean 'madman'.