Stephen

[stee-vuhn]

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.

2. Saint, c975–1038, first king of Hungary 997–1038.

3. Stephen of Blois, 1097?–1154, king of England 1135–54.

4. Sir Leslie, 1832–1904, English critic, biographer, and philosopher.

5. a male given name.

Stephen

/ ˈstiːvən /

noun

1. ?1097–1154, king of England (1135–54); grandson of William the Conqueror. He seized the throne on the death of Henry I, causing civil war with Henry's daughter Matilda. He eventually recognized her son (later Henry II) as his successor

2. Saint. died ?35 _ad , the first Christian martyr. Feast day: Dec 26 or 27

3. Saint, Hungarian name István. ?975–1038 _ad , first king of Hungary as Stephen I (997–1038). Feast day: Aug 16 or 20

4. Sir Leslie. 1832–1904, English biographer, critic, and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; father of the novelist Virginia Woolf

Example Sentences

The airport was also ridiculed in an episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and a segment of “The Daily Show,” which joked that its official slogan is “Newark Airport: Where Dreams Are Crushed.”

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"I think undoubtedly, if Stephen wasn't there, I would have been seriously injured, as well as many other people in that buffet car," she said.

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It ended on Monday with championship games at one of Intuit Dome’s indoor courts, with Woodland Hills-based Hale Middle School defeating Stephen M. White of Carson 27-22 in the boys’ final.

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Production designer Stephen Phelps wanted particular details like large windows so they could emphasize the passage of time.

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The assassin may have been lost to history by nearly everyone but Stephen Sondheim.

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