stephen

US /'sti:vən/

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UK /'sti:vən/

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proper noun

  • (c.1097–1154), grandson of William the Conqueror; king of England 1135–54. He seized the throne from Matilda a few months after the death of Henry I. Civil war followed until Matilda was defeated and forced to leave England in 1148.