Stephen

American  

[stee-vuhn] / ˈsti vən /

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.

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Stephen British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

“Piece by piece, the market is beginning to accept that this is not resolving quickly,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch

“Piece by piece, the market is beginning to accept that this is not resolving quickly,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.

From MarketWatch

His grandfather, David Lewis, was one of the party's founding members and was its leader in the 1970s, while his father, Stephen Lewis, led the Ontario NDP.

From BBC

UK Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty has said the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands is a matter for Britain and Mauritius, not the Maldives.

From BBC

Two Fed governors dissented in January, with Stephen Miran and Christopher Waller voting to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point.

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