Calibre

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mid 16th century (in the sense ‘social standing or importance’): from French, from Italian calibro, perhaps from Arabic qālib ‘mould’, based on Greek kalapous ‘shoemaker's last’.

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calibre (n.)

chiefly British English spelling of caliber (q.v.); for spelling, see -re.