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xavier
/ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/
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What does xavier mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
- A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque], found chiefly among people of Spanish and Portuguese descent.
- Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈzeɪ.vjɚ/
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/ˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ//ɪɡˈzeɪ.vjɚ//ɪɡˈzeɪ.vi.ɚ/
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"At 10 A.M. I get up to dress Xavier and prepare food, but find him in a kind of fit."
In this the orator selects out ten great miracles from those performed by Xavier during his lifetime and describes them minutely.
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Amédée was an only son,—hence he was a very rich young man,—but he meant to have twenty children himself, like his uncle Xavier.
A visit to the tomb of St. Francis Xavier also deeply moved him.
Though a cabin was placed at his disposal, Xavier slept on deck throughout the voyage with his head on a coil of ropes, messing with the sailors.