ST. CHRISTOPHER

 Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Christopher mean? 

• ST. CHRISTOPHER (noun)
  The noun ST. CHRISTOPHER has 2 senses:

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

2. the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ST. 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Saint Christopher; Saint Kitts; St. Christopher; St. Kitts

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("St. Christopher" is a part of...):

Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Christopher-Nevis; Saint Kitts and Nevis; St. Christopher-Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis (a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983)

 Context examples 

Now, St. Christopher be praised! here is Sir Nigel, with whom I may confer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two others, flying together, tore a great gap in the St. Christopher upon the sail, and brushed three of Sir Oliver's men-at-arms from the forecastle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These once aboard, the ship set her broad mainsail, purple in color, and with a golden St. Christopher bearing Christ upon his shoulder in the centre of it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By St. Christopher! it is indeed a fair and goodly life which you have chosen, for you gather up the spoil as a Warsash man gathers lobsters, without grace or favor from any man.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)