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. (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, ...

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

Synonyms

• (title): St, St., SS, SS.

Derived terms

Derived terms

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

Translations

title given to a saint

• Egyptian Arabic: سيدي‎
• 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
• 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