Stephen

American  

[stee-vuhn] / ˈsti vən /

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.

2. Saint, c975–1038, first king of Hungary 997–1038.

3. Stephen of Blois, 1097?–1154, king of England 1135–54.

4. Sir Leslie, 1832–1904, English critic, biographer, and philosopher.

5. a male given name.

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Stephen British  

/ ˈstiːvən /

noun

1. ?1097–1154, king of England (1135–54); grandson of William the Conqueror. He seized the throne on the death of Henry I, causing civil war with Henry's daughter Matilda. He eventually recognized her son (later Henry II) as his successor

2. Saint. died ?35 _ad , the first Christian martyr. Feast day: Dec 26 or 27

3. Saint, Hungarian name István. ?975–1038 _ad , first king of Hungary as Stephen I (997–1038). Feast day: Aug 16 or 20

4. Sir Leslie. 1832–1904, English biographer, critic, and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; father of the novelist Virginia Woolf

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On the might’ve-gotten-blown-up decoy plane were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, the White House press pool and others.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Oracle director Stephen Rusckowski bought 25,000 shares as reports about OpenAI’s revenue fueled swings in the cloud provider’s stock.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

However, Argus Research analyst Stephen Biggar told MarketWatch that he doesn’t see any risk of a run on deposits from an AI tool.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I try to think about how fans will feel because I'm a Stephen King fan first," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But this time, it was Stephen Kellner who pulled the Smokemobile around.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram