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Christopher

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1. Christopher - Noun

2. Christopher - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans. Stephen Hawking

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America. James Joyce

What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. Margot Asquith

Mother used to say it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me. Mark Haddon

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out. Chris Brown

Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written. Noël Coward

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