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Definition of Caspar

1. Noun. (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.

Definition of Caspar

1. Proper noun. one of the Magi. ¹

2. Proper noun. (given name male), more popular in the form Jasper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Caspar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1840)
"he met the elder Caspar by appointment, and they went together to the Jewish synagogue, where they met Lewin Caspar. They had some conversation after they ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"X.—Tracts relating to Caspar Hauser. By EARL STANHOPE, London: Hodson. 1836. MOST of our readers will recollect some of the wonderful particulars with which ..."

3. The Zurich letters: (second Series) Comprising the Correspondence of Several by Steuart Adolphus Pears, Hastings Robinson (1845)
"Caspar THOMAN TO Caspar ... and promised me for your sake every [i Caspar Waser was a minister at Zurich, and professor of Hebrew there in 1596. ..."

4. The Zurich Letters: Comprising the Correspondence of Several English Bishops by Hastings Robinson, John Hunter, Parker Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"Caspar THOMAN TO Caspar ... and promised mo for your sake every [' Caspar Waser was a minister at Zurich, and professor of Hebrew there in 1596. ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... London, with Henry Haigh as Rudolph, Corrí as Кипа, С. Lyall as Ottocar, Aynsley Cook as Caspar, G. Honey as Killian, Basil Potter as ..."

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