Saint

See also: saint and SA Int

English

Etymology

From saint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪnt/
  • compound names in RP : IPA^(key): /sənt/ (unstressed)

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• Rhymes: -eɪnt

Noun

Saint (plural Saints)

1. A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.

   Saint Stephen was the first martyr.

2. (Mormonism) A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.

   the Kirtland Saints

   • 2011, Terryl L. Givens, Matthew J. Grow, Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism, →ISBN, page 53:

     They settled in Kaw Township, a dozen miles from Independence, becoming the first Saints to be resettled in the newly designated Zion.

   • 2018 September 2, Peggy Fletcher Stack, Scott D. Pierce, “Mormon church publishes its first official history in nearly a century, and the result is an easy-to-read volume that tackles some hard facts”, in The Salt Lake Tribune:

     The project’s goal was to “fortify the faith of the Saints,” he said, “while at the same time paying attention to hard things.”

3. (sports) Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.
   • 2008, Monica M. Dalide, 683 Things About New Orleans, Outskirts Press, page 88:

     In 1971, during Archie Manning's first game as a New Orleans Saint and the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams, […]

   • 2008, David Rife, Jazz Fiction: A History and Comprehensive Reader's Guide, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 86:

     Former New Orleans Saint and current blues historian at Tulane University, Nick Travers becomes involved in a case related to the mysterious death […]

   • 2015, Craig T. Smith, 100 Things Tennessee Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, Triumph Books, →ISBN:

     Their prayers were answered when future New Orleans Saint and Super Bowl champion Jabari Greer intercepted Croyle's pass. In the fourth overtime, ...

4. (UK, rail transport) Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

Synonyms

• (title): St, St., S, S., SS, SS.

Derived terms

See also the lists of derived terms at saint and St

Derived terms

• Saint Grottlesex
• Saint-John
• Saint Kitts
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Petersburg
• Saint Sampson

Translations

title given to a saint

• Aragonese: Sant m
• Asturian: San m, Santa f
• Catalan: Sant (ca) m, Santa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖／圣 (zh) (shèng)

• Czech: Svatý m, Svatá m
• Danish: Sankt
• Dutch: Sint
• Egyptian Arabic: سيدي
• Finnish: Pyhä (fi)
• French: Saint (fr) m
• Galician: San m, Santa f
• German: Sankt (de) n
• Hungarian: szent (hu)
• Irish: San m or f, Naomh m or f
• Italian: San, Santo (it) m, Santa f
• Japanese: 聖 (ja) (せい, sei), セイント (seinto)
• Khmer: សន្ត (sɑnta’)
• Korean: 성 (ko) (seong)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Sünn (nds) n

• Polish: Święty m, Święta (pl) f
• Portuguese: São m, Santo (pt) m, Santa (pt) f
• Romanian: Sfântul m, Sfânta f
• Russian: свято́й (ru) (svjatój)
• Scottish Gaelic: Naomh m
• Serbo-Croatian: Sveti (sh) m
• Sinhalese: ශුද්ධවූ (śuddhawū)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: swěty m, swěta f

• Spanish: San m, Santa f, Santo (es) m (with specific male names)
• Swedish: Sankt (sv) m, Sankta (sv) f
• Vietnamese: thánh (vi)

Proper noun

Saint (plural Saints)

1. A surname.

Proper noun

the Saint

1. A nickname, given to someone of very good character.
2. A nickname, given to someone of extreme religiosity.

Anagrams

• Astin, Insta, Santi, Sinta, Tanis, Tians, antis, insta-, sat in, satin, stain, stian, tians, tisan