Damien

[dey-mee-uhn, da-myan]

noun

1. Father Joseph de Veuster, 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.

Damien

/ damjɛ̃ /

noun

1. Joseph (ʒozɛf), known as Father Damien. 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii

Example Sentences

Parents who can no longer cope, or no longer feel they can keep their family safe, have to take the "heartbreaking" decision to "legally abandon" their son or daughter, says Damien Dobson, a specialist adoption solicitor.

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Barker was looking out the window of a London bus in 2003 when he noticed that Pharmacy, a restaurant hot spot opened by British artist Damien Hirst and public-relations executive Matthew Freud, had closed.

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Reitman’s coalition — including Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Damien Chazelle, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Ryan Coogler, James Gunn, Denis Villeneuve, Karyn Kusama, Lulu Wang, Chloé Zhao and many others — bought the Village in an effort to preserve it as a hub for communal moviegoing at a time of deep uncertainty for theaters.

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I’m still recovering from my grandmother having taken me as a kid to see “Damien — Omen II.”

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After Damien McKenzie climbed off the bench to break Scottish hearts against the All Blacks last week, another substitute entered the fray in the second half to steal the show.

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