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Sebastian

American  
[si-bas-chuhn] / sɪˈbæs tʃən /

noun

  1. Saint, died a.d. 288?, Roman martyr.

  2. a male given name.


Sebastian British  
/ sɪˈbæstjən /

noun

  1. Saint. died ?288 ad , Christian martyr. According to tradition, he was first shot with arrows and then beaten to death. Feast day: Jan 20

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2024, the FlyWire Consortium, led by Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung at Princeton, who are also co-authors of the new study, published a complete connectome of a fruit fly brain.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“The story of high profit expectations is not just a tech story, with global 12-month consensus margins excluding tech also hitting a fresh high of 12%,” said strategists led by Sebastian Raedler.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Shortstop JuJu Monroe-Truitt made two heads-up plays with forceouts by throwing the ball to third baseman Sebastian Valadez to help out Soto.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Celtic - beaten finalists last season - started this campaign with a 2-0 win over sixth-tier Auchinleck Talbot, thanks to goals from Johnny Kenny and Sebastian Tounekti.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

She argued a little with Sebastian Gomez to save face, but she almost immediately accepted the proposal that Miguel should go out with a white flag to parley with the police.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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