Xavier

American  

[zay-vee-er, zav-ee-, zay-vyer] / ˈzeɪ vi ər, ˈzæv i-, ˈzeɪ vjər /

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.”

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Xavier British  

/ xaˈβjɛr, ˈzeɪvɪə, ˈzæv- /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

• Xaverian
  adjective

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Xavier

Latino voters were also celebrating the election of Xavier Becerra, who has Mexican roots, as Democratic governor of California.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The brand-new governor-elect, Xavier Becerra, will not be the first Latino governor of the state of California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Yet in the race to integrate AI into medicine, a sharp divide has emerged between Silicon Valley’s promises and what pharma execs say are the harsh realities of drugmaking, reports Xavier Martinez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

To establish that BFT and claudin-4 truly bind to each other, the Johns Hopkins researchers collaborated with structural biologists F. Xavier Gomis-Rüth and Ulrich Eckhard at the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“My name is Father Francis Patrick Xavier Mulrooney,” he announced in a voice so cold it sent chills down Alex’s spine, in spite of the hothouse atmosphere of the chapel.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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