sebastian

noun

1. Saint,died a.d. 288?, Roman martyr.
2. a male given name.

noun

1. Saint. died ?288 ad, Christian martyr. According to tradition, he was first shot with arrows and then beaten to death. Feast day: Jan 20

masc. proper name, from Latin Sebastianus, from Greek Sebastianos, “man of Sebastia,” a city in Pontus that was named for Augustus Caesar, first Roman emperor, from Greek sebastos “venerable,” a translation of Latin augustus, the epithet of Caesar.