Xavier
[zey-vee-er, zav-ee-, zey-vyer]
- Saint FrancisFrancisco Javierthe Apostle of the Indies, 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.
- a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “bright.”
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Examples from the Web for xavier
Contemporary Examples
That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.
Quebecois child actor-turned-filmmaking prodigy Xavier Dolan, who wrote his debut feature at just 16.
Oscar Season Kicks Off in Toronto: Channing Tatum, Kristen Stewart, and More Court Awards GloryMarlow Stern
September 14, 2014
Special Agent Xavier Diaz testified he once drove five hours west of the city to meet Arambula in Nogales, Arizona.
Palmetto becomes Washington Avenue after it crosses Carrollton and approaches the campus of Xavier University.
“We are against concealed weapons on campus,” said University of Texas at San Antonio President Xavier Johnson.
Texas Shooting Puts New Spotlight on Issue of Concealed Weapons on CampusChristine Pelisek
January 23, 2013
Historical Examples
Xavier got into the carriage with the four girls, and they all went back to Paris.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
Xavier supplied the information with mechanical infallibility.
Control GroupRoger Dee
To Xavier and his co-religionists they extended a cordial welcome.
And Xavier, who had a wen under his eye, laid his finger on it.
The CrossingWinston Churchill
A triumphant gleam was in Xavier's eyes, for he had hit the channel squarely.
The CrossingWinston Churchill
Xavier
- Saint Francis, known as the Apostle of the Indies. 1506–52, Spanish missionary, who was a founding member of the Jesuit society (1534) and later preached in Goa, Ceylon, the East Indies, and Japan. Feast day: Dec 3
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