XAVIER

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

1. Spanish missionary and Jesuit who established missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552). Etymologically speaking, the name Xavier may be derived from Arabic (Xavier, meaning Bright) or Basque (Etcheberria or Etxabier, meaning The New House)

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

• XAVIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spanish missionary and Jesuit who established missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552). Etymologically speaking, the name Xavier may be derived from Arabic (Xavier, meaning Bright) or Basque (Etcheberria or Etxabier, meaning The New House)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Saint Francis Xavier; Xavier

Instance hypernyms:

missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)

 Context examples 

Both ordinary hypertension and masked hypertension put patients at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, according to Xavier Trudel, the lead author of the study.

(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study proves a new and transformative technique for exploring the nature of galaxy halos, said J. Xavier Prochaska, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California Santa Cruz.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)