Xavier

American  

[zey-vee-er, zav-ee-, zey-vyer] / ˈzeɪ vi ər, ˈzæv i-, ˈzeɪ vjər /

noun

1. Saint Francis Francisco Javierthe Apostle of the Indies, 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, especially in India and Japan.

2. a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “bright.”

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Xavier British  

/ xaˈβjɛr, ˈzeɪvɪə, ˈzæv- /

noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Xaverian
  adjective

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Xavier

Both Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton stuck to familiar themes in their separate speeches to Latino leaders in downtown L.A. as they jockey for position in the California governor’s race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presided as papal envoy over a special mass in a church in Ca Mau for Father Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep, a priest killed while protecting parishioners in 1946.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

In time, his parents saved enough to send him to St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, “which changed the trajectory of my life. And then I became an entrepreneur . . .”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

One reason for this, Harvard University economist Xavier Gabaix explained in an interview, is that IPOs typically represent a withdrawal of cash from the market.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

On campus, I developed a brief romance with a guy who was a tattoo artist named Xavier.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana