Xavier

[ zey-vee-er, zav-ee-, zey-vyer ]

noun

1. Saint Francis Francisco Javierthe Apostle of the Indies, 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
2. a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “bright.”

Xavier

/ ˈzæv-; xaˈβjɛr; ˈzeɪvɪə /

noun

1. XavierFrancis, Saint15061552MSpanishRELIGION: missionaryRELIGION: JesuitRELIGION: saint Saint Francis, known as the Apostle of the Indies. 1506–52, Spanish missionary, who was a founding member of the Jesuit society (1534) and later preached in Goa, Ceylon, the East Indies, and Japan. Feast day: Dec 3

Other Words From

• Xa·ve·ri·an [zey-, veer, -ee-, uh, n, za-], adjective

Example Sentences

That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.

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Quebecois child actor-turned-filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan, who wrote his debut feature at just 16.

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Special Agent Xavier Diaz testified he once drove five hours west of the city to meet Arambula in Nogales, Arizona.

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Palmetto becomes Washington Avenue after it crosses Carrollton and approaches the campus of Xavier University.

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Some also speculate that the name could allude to Francis Xavier, the co-founder of the Society of Jesuis—aka the Jesuits.

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The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."

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Francis Xavier Talbot died; a French ecclesiastic, and author of some poems.

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I cook some thick cocoa for Xavier and give him beef-tea; he is better after noon, but very low—I have to lift him up to drink.

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He has not the exaltation nor the ardent vehemence of Rousseau, neither has he the sentimental morbidity of Xavier de Maistre.

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Prince Xavier of Saxony, present in the Camp too, made no remonstrance, said others.

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