6th century bc, the son of Nabonidus, coregent of Babylon with his father for eight years: referred to as king and son of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament (Daniel 5:1, 17; 8:1); described as having received a divine message of doom written on a wall at a banquet (Belshazzar's Feast)
Belshazzar in American English
(bɛlˈʃæzər)
noun
Bible
the last king of Babylon, who was warned of defeat by the handwriting on the wall: Dan. 5
Word origin
Heb belshatsar < Akkadian bēl-sharra-uur, lit., “Bel, protect the king”
Examples of 'Belshazzar' in a sentence
Belshazzar
They all sat looking at the board like Belshazzar 's courtiers staring at the wall.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
The only time they had attempted a modern work, they had made Belshazzar 's Feast sound like Belshazzar's tea-party.