Sabean

American  

[suh-bee-uhn] / səˈbi ən /

Or Sabaean

adjective

1. of or relating to Saba.

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noun

1. an inhabitant of Saba.

Etymology

Origin of Sabean

1580–90; < Latin sabae ( us ) (< Greek sabaîos of Saba or Sheba) + -an

Example Sentences

Sabean worked for the Yankees as a scout in 1985, then director of scouting from 1986-90 and vice president of player development and scouting from 1990-92.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

“He was a beauty as is,” said Brian Sabean, the former longtime general manager of the San Francisco Giants, “whether you’re talking about in baseball or as a person.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2020

Sabean — as Kevin Towers had done in San Diego — stocked the bullpen with varieties of arm angles and pitch types, and Bochy knew when to unleash them.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2019

In late September, the Giants fired general manager Bobby Evans, who had been the chief assistant to Brian Sabean during the championship era.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2019

Every one of the eminent divines both studies and teaches the science of logic, although they consider its founder to have been a Sabean.

From The Secret of Divine Civilization by `Abdu'l-Bahá