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stevie | stephen | Related terms |

Stevie is a related term of stephen.

stevie

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Stephen and Steven.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
  • English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names

    stephen

    English

    Alternative forms

    * as a given name: Steven

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The first Christian martyr.
  • * :
  • And Stephen , full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
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  • * 1852 (William Harrison Ainsworth), Tale of a Carpet-Bag , Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 21, page 17:
  • I, for my part, ask any candid reader if it was not bad enough to be called Broadfoot, without having it aggravated into Stephen Broadfoot? I feel confident I will here get a tear of sympathy from all unhappy Andrews and Peters, and Aarons and Samuels, with a smile of disdainful compassion from thrice-happy Franks and Charleys and Bills.
  • * 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English , Random House, page 245:
  • It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony'', a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like ''Stephen'' , ''Peter'', ''Michael , etc., in this country.
  • * 2000 (Helen DeWitt), The Last Samurai , Miramax Books(2002), ISBN 0786887001, page 142:
  • I thought that ideally it should be a name which could work whether he was serious and reserved or butch, a name like Stephen which could be Steve or David which could be Dave.
  • Derived terms

    * Stephenville