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Stephen
[ stee-vuhn ]
noun
- Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- Saint, 975–1038, first king of Hungary 997–1038.
- Stephen of Blois, 1097?–1154, king of England 1135–54.
- Sir Leslie, 1832–1904, English critic, biographer, and philosopher.
- a male given name.
Stephen
/ ˈپːə /
noun
- Stephen?10971154MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?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
- Stephen, Saint?35MJewishRELIGION: martyrRELIGION: saint Saint. died ?35 ad , the first Christian martyr. Feast day: Dec 26 or 27
- Stephen , Saint?9751038MHungarianPOLITICS: hereditary rulerRELIGION: saint Saint, Hungarian name ٱá. ?975–1038 ad , first king of Hungary as Stephen I (997–1038). Feast day: Aug 16 or 20
- StephenSir Leslie18321904MEnglishWRITING: biographerWRITING: critic Sir Leslie. 1832–1904, English biographer, critic, and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; father of the novelist Virginia Woolf
Example Sentences
Stephen Bates, 41 and of Herondale Road, Mossley Hill, is due to appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with murder.
The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has also faced calls to resign over his handling of the case.
Sir Stephen Timms, Minister for Social Security and Disability, said he was "delighted to see more disabled people rightly recognised and celebrated for their remarkable achievements".
But on the other, Hollywood actor Stephen Dorff, playing the film's lead character of original Beatles bass player and artist Stuart Sutcliffe, who died of a brain haemorrhage aged just 21, provided an uncanny likeness.
Stephen Miller - the White House deputy chief of staff - insisted in an interview with Fox News last week that the base remained open and that "a large number of foreign terrorist aliens" were still there.
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