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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Holland recently starred alongside Zendaya and Bernthal in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has thanked filmmaker Christopher Nolan for putting a modern spotlight on Ancient Greece with his hit movie "The Odyssey", his office said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

"It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth," Wilson wrote, while also acknowledging that Sir Christopher 's work had sparked renewed interest in Homer's classic.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Then literally, as the world’s biggest sporting spectacle was packing up, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” arrived in theaters across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The sphinxes’ strength, Christopher saw, was dizzying: they leaped like coiled springs upward over the rock, covering twenty feet at a bound.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell