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apostle of the indies

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Xa⋅vi⋅er

[zey-vee-er, zav-ee-, zey-vyer]
–noun
1. Saint Francis (Francisco Javier; “the Apostle of the Indies”), 1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary, esp. in India and Japan.
2. a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “bright.”

Xa⋅ve⋅ri⋅an [zey-veer-ee-uhn, za-] , adjective
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