Definitions
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- In Christian tradition, one of the three Magi.
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- proper noun one of the
Magi . - proper noun A male
given name , more popular in the formJasper .
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- noun (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the Palace Hotel, the consummation of a happy romance, strangely connected with the ill-fated Caspar, is about to be attained.
THE PLAGUE SHIP 1993
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The next day the father called Caspar to him, and, before his mother and all the children, said to him, "You beat a poor child, yesterday, did you?"
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But the only title Caspar was willing to accept was that of "Cobbler to the King"; and, as such, he subsequently removed his belongings from
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At length one of them, whom the others called Caspar, retired, and the earl was left with his son Edward, lord Herbert, the only person in the castle who had gone to neither window nor door to delight himself with the discomfiture of the parliamentary commissioners.
St. George and St. Michael George MacDonald 1864
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At length one of them, whom the others called Caspar, retired, and the earl was left with his son Edward, lord Herbert, the only person in the castle who had gone to neither window nor door to delight himself with the discomfiture of the parliamentary commissioners.
St. George and St. Michael Volume I George MacDonald 1864
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Matthea’s husband (and editor of Jubilat) Rob Caspar is also with us, as well as 4 young German poets (between 27 and 36) who have translated our poems.
2007 June : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation - Part 2 2007
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Matthea’s husband (and editor of Jubilat) Rob Caspar is also with us, as well as 4 young German poets (between 27 and 36) who have translated our poems.
München : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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“What I really want to know is, why is a straight guy called Caspar opening a lesbian leather bar in Berlin anyway?”
Rainbow 2010
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The eponym you are referring to of a fictional cartoon character name Caspar Milquetoast, while fitting to describe you, was not my reference.
Think Progress » Matalin Defends Coulter’s Attack on 9/11 Widows 2006
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OKE (voice over): In the 1980s and '90s, South African police used a notorious armed vehicle called the Caspar (ph), sometimes knows as the "Mellow Yellow".
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