Christopher

American  

[kris-tuh-fer] / ˈkrɪs tə fər /

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.

2. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “Christ-bearer.”

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Christopher British  

/ ˈkrɪstəfə /

noun

1. Saint. 3rd century _ad , Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers

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Christopher Cultural  

1. A Christian saint (though no longer listed by the Catholic Church in the Calendar of Saints). Jesus appeared to him as a little child whom Christopher carried across a stream. Christopher means “Christ-bearer.”

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Christopher is the patron saint of travelers.

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Christopher Waller has left the door open to a hike while warning about the timing problem in tightening into an oil shock.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Right at the onset of the Iran war, fertilizer prices increased sharply due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz,” says Christopher Pudenz, 32, an economist in Des Moines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

In a study published in ACS Catalysis, an international team that included Dr. Christopher Parlett, Xinyue Zhou, and Yutao Jiang from the Department of Chemical Engineering developed a highly efficient "single-atom catalyst."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

At the Soul Train Music Awards in May 1996, Wright said, Knight and Shakur were in a Hummer when Shakur got into a confrontation with rapper Christopher Wallace, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Christopher fought back his panic: he pushed it back, tried to think.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell