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SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

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

1. Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)

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

• SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER (noun)

Sense 1

Saint Francis Xavier ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Spanish missionary and Jesuit who establish missionaries in Japan and Ceylon and the East Indies (1506-1552)

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)

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