Stevens

American  

[stee-vuhnz] / ˈsti vənz /

noun

1. Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.

2. George (Cooper), 1905–75, U.S. film director.

3. John Cox 1749–1838, and his son Robert Livingston, 1787–1856, U.S. engineers and inventors.

4. John Paul, 1920–2019, U.S. jurist: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1975–2010.

5. Nettie Marie 1861–1912, U.S. cytogeneticist.

6. Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. abolitionist and political leader.

7. Wallace, 1879–1955, U.S. poet.

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Stevens British  

/ ˈstiːvənz /

noun

1. Thaddeus (ˈθædɪəs). 1792–1868, US Radical Republican politician. An opponent of slavery, he supported Reconstruction and entered the resolution calling for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

2. Wallace. 1879–1955, US poet, whose books include the collections Harmonium (1923), The Man with the Blue Guitar (1937), and Transport to Summer (1947)

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Stevens Scientific  

/ stē′vənz /

1. American biologist who identified the role of X and Y chromosomes in determining the sex of an organism. Stevens studied the chromosomes of mealworm beetles, first establishing that chromosomes are inherited in pairs. She later showed that eggs fertilized by X-carrying sperm produced female offspring, while Y-carrying sperm produced male offspring. She extended this work to studies of sex determination in various plants and insects.

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Example Sentences

“Didn’t get to hit my second shot for 2 1/2 hours, or whatever it was,” Stevens said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Dana Stevens just wrote about Disclosure Day, the new Steven Spielberg movie about aliens coming to Earth.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2026

Several all-time records were broken, including a reading of 90 degrees Fahrenheit at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

King and his executive chef at Simpson’s, David Stevens, began working on their own version, thinking it would help boost the relaunch of the storied restaurant—also established in 1828—after a lengthy renovation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

If Mrs. Stevens didn't give her these five minutes at the end, Cynthia would burst into some kind of sideways monologue about whatever Mrs. Stevens had been teaching that day.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds