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stevens

stevens is the plural of steven.

Meaning of steven

Noun (1)

steven (plural stevens)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, otherwise archaic) Voice, especially when loud or strong.
    • […] whereby the little birds weening that the spring time had bin come, did chirp and sing in their steven melodiously […]1566, William Addlington, translator, The Golden Asse, Apuleius
  2. (obsolete) A request, petition, prayer, or command.
    • To thee, lady, y make my moon; I praie thee heere my steuen.a. 1500, "Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 6"

Noun (2)

steven (plural stevens)

  1. (obsolete) A time, occasion.
    • And that same nyght that the steavyn was sette betwyxte Segwarydes wyff and Sir Trystrames, so Kynge Marke armed and made hym redy ….1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII

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Proper noun capitalized: Stevens

Stevens

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Steven.
    • Devon Dunham of Hardeeville was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of 77-year-old Ernest Stevens after a two-day trial May 25-27, the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office said.2021 June 4, Shellie Murdaugh, “Man found not guilty of former Hardeeville fire chief's murder”, in Bluffton Today, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2021
    • In their new 30-second ad, the J Street group hammers Stevens for accepting AIPAC support – in the form of bundled donations – in a video featuring images of violence at the US Capitol and from a recent hearing of the House select committee investigating it.2022 July 12, Gregory Krieg, “Progressive pro-Israel group takes on AIPAC in Michigan Democratic primary fight”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025
  2. A township in Stevens County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  5. An extinct town in Union County, South Dakota, United States.

Origin of stevens

From Steven + -s (patronymic suffix).

Words formed from stevens

Questions about stevens

What does stevens mean?
Stevens means a surname originating as a patronymic, derived from the given name Steven.
What is stevens the plural of?
Stevens is the plural of steven.
What part of speech is stevens?
Stevens is a proper noun.

Words near stevens in the dictionary

  1. Stevengraph
  2. Stevengraphs
  3. stevenin
  4. Stevenote
  5. Stevenotes
  6. stevens
  7. Stevens County
  8. Stevens Point
  9. Stevens-Johnson syndrome
  10. Stevensen
  11. Stevensian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stevens (page history and authors); Stevens (page history and authors); steven (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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