Damien
[dey-mee-uh n; French da-myan]
- FatherJo·seph de Veu·ster, [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/, 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
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Contemporary Examples
You and Damien Hirst are both great title people, I observed.
And in April, a Florida pastor named Kevin Sutherland was convicted of trying to sell fraudulent Damien Hirst paintings.
Taxidermy also put Damien Hirst on the map, and Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is famous for his arresting taxidermy horses.
Damien Hirst suspended sharks and cows in formaldehyde, but Tracey Emin had “the bed.”
We have Damien Chazelle at the beginning of his career with Whiplash.
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May 22, 2014
Historical Examples
It was my inclement destiny to become acquainted, not with Damien, but with Dr. Hyde.
Father DamienRobert Louis Stevenson
There is not a clean cup or towel in the Bishop-Home, but dirty Damien washed it.
Father DamienRobert Louis Stevenson
But Damien shut-to with his own hand the doors of his own sepulchre.
Father DamienRobert Louis Stevenson
When I visited the lazaretto, Damien was already in his resting grave.
Father DamienRobert Louis Stevenson
Damien was not sent to Molokai, but went there without orders.
Father DamienRobert Louis Stevenson
Damien
- Joseph (ʒozɛf), known as Father Damien. 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii
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