SAINT JOSEPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Joseph mean? 

• SAINT JOSEPH (noun)
  The noun SAINT JOSEPH has 2 senses:

1. a Christian holy day

2. a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express

  Familiarity information: SAINT JOSEPH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAINT JOSEPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christian holy day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

March 19; Saint Joseph; St Joseph

Hypernyms ("Saint Joseph" is a kind of...):

Christian holy day (a religious holiday for Christians)

Holonyms ("Saint Joseph" is a part of...):

Mar; March (the month following February and preceding April)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Saint Joseph; St. Joseph

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Saint Joseph" is a part of...):

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)