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Stephen
[ stee-vuhn ]
noun
- Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- Saint, 肠975鈥1038, first king of Hungary 997鈥1038.
- Stephen of Blois, 1097?鈥1154, king of England 1135鈥54.
- Sir Leslie, 1832鈥1904, English critic, biographer, and philosopher.
- a male given name.
Stephen
/ 藞蝉迟颈藧惫蓹苍 /
noun
- Stephen?10971154MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1097鈥1154, king of England (1135鈥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 滨蝉迟惫谩苍. ?975鈥1038 ad , first king of Hungary as Stephen I (997鈥1038). Feast day: Aug 16 or 20
- StephenSir Leslie18321904MEnglishWRITING: biographerWRITING: critic Sir Leslie. 1832鈥1904, English biographer, critic, and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; father of the novelist Virginia Woolf
Example Sentences
Education minister Stephen Morgan said it was "high time exam records were brought into the 21st century" and that it would stop schools and colleges being "bogged down in bureaucracy".
With more than 600 events from 22 May to 1 June, Sir Stephen Fry, Hay Festival president, described the event as a "carnival of ideas".
"Far from inaction, this government has hit the ground running on social care," said Stephen Kinnock, minister of state for care.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been brilliant at defining its niche ... and the quality of what it does is simply superb,鈥 said Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University鈥檚 Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
District Judge Stephen V. Wilson denied a motion from Yu for an acquittal.
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