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Definition of: Xavier
(zā′vē·ər, zav′ē-; Sp. hä·vyer′), Saint Francis,
1506–52, Spanish Jesuit missionary in the Orient; founder, with Ignatius Loyola, of the Society of Jesus: called “the Apostle of the Indies.”
—Xa·ve·ri·an (zā·vir′ē·ən) adjective & noun
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