CHRISTOPHER

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• CHRISTOPHER (noun)
  The noun CHRISTOPHER has 1 sense:

1. Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)

  Familiarity information: CHRISTOPHER used as a noun is very rare.

• CHRISTOPHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christopher; Saint Christopher; St. Christopher

Instance hypernyms:

patron saint (a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation)

 Context examples 

Indeed, save myself, and Walter Ford, and you, who are half a clerk, and Father Christopher of the Priory, and Bertrand the page, who is there whom she sees?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Professor Christopher G Owen, who led the research, said, "These findings suggest increasing sleep duration could offer a simple approach to reducing levels of body fat and type 2 diabetes risk from early life.

(An Hour Less Sleep Ups Diabetes Risk, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It's like a pipeline going straight in, says California Institute of Technology professor of physics Christopher Martin, who is lead author of a new paper.

(Spiraling filaments feed young galaxies, National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical Sciences.)

Cornell University researchers led by Christopher Hernandez used a 3D printer to manufacture bone-inspired material made from a urethane methacrylate polymer, then tested for its durability.

(Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment, National Science Foundation)

The study, led by Betts and OSU's Christopher Wolf, also suggests that the closer a forest is to the equator, the more sensitive its wildlife species are to fragmentation.

(Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics, National Science Foundation)

"Christopher Columbus! What's the matter?" cried Jo, as Beth put out her hand as if to warn her off, and asked quickly. . .

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It appears a neat job, however, as far as I could judge by candlelight, and does my friend Christopher Jackson credit.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Rules created by Robert Sidney Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold and Vladimer Prelog to name stereoisomers in organic chemistry.

(Cahn-Ingold-Prelog Priority System, NCI Thesaurus)

Christopher Mankovich, a graduate student in astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, used the data to study wave patterns within the rings.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)

"Here, we're able to study in great detail how this ancient island evolved — where organisms came from, how they got there and when they got there," K. Christopher Beard, a paleontologist at the University of Kansas (KU) said.

(Fossil discovery adds to understanding of how geological changes affected evolution of mammalian life, National Science Foundation)