Stephen

Ste·phen  (stvn), Saint Died c. a.d. 36.

Christian protomartyr who, according to the New Testament, was stoned to death after his defense of Christianity before the Sanhedrin.

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Stephen, Sir Leslie 1832-1904.

British writer and editor whose works include The History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century (1876) and biographies of Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, and others.

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Stephen [ˈstiːv^ən]

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1. (Biographies / Stephen (?1097-1154) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?1097-1154, king of England (1135-54); 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

2. (Biographies / Stephen, Saint (death date: ?35) M, Jewish, RELIGION: martyr, RELIGION: saint) Saint. died ?35 ad, the first Christian martyr. Feast day: Dec. 26 or 27

3. (Biographies / Stephen , Saint (?975-1038) M, Hungarian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler, RELIGION: saint) Saint, Hungarian name István. ?975-1038 ad, first king of Hungary as Stephen I (997-1038). Feast day: Aug. 16 or 20

4. (Biographies / Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832-1904) M, English, WRITING: biographer, WRITING: critic) Sir Leslie. 1832-1904, English biographer, critic, and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; father of the novelist Virginia Woolf

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Stephen - English writer (1832-1904) Sir Leslie Stephen

Translations

Stephen [ˈstiːvn] N → Esteban

Stephen

n → Stephan m