Christopher
WordNet
noun
(1) Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
χριστοφόρος or 'Christ-bearing'. The meaning of the name suggested the legend of St. Christopher carrying the Christ child across water.
Quotations
- 1594 William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew: Induction, Scene II:
- Am not I Christopher Sly, old Sly's son, of Burtonheath; by birth a pedlar, by education a card-maker, by transmutation a bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker?
- 1934 Dorothy Sayers: The Nine Tailors
- - - - a baby, which also happened to fall due, was baptized "Paul" ( for the church ) "Christopher" ( because St. Christopher had to do with rivers and ferries ), the Rector strenuously resisting the parents' desire to call it "Van Weyden Flood".
Proper noun
- borrowed from English.
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Proper noun
- , borrowed from the English equivalent of Christophe.
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