=Stephen=, one of the attendants of Sir Reginald Front de Bœuf (a follower of Prince John).--Sir W. Scott, _Ivanhoe_ (time, Richard I.). _Stephen_ (_Count_), nephew of the count of Crèvecœur.--Sir W. Scott, _Quentin Durward_ (time, Edward IV.). _Stephen_ (_Master_), a conceited puppy, who thinks all inferiors are to be snubbed and bullied, and all those weaker and more cowardly than himself are to be kicked and beaten. He is especially struck with Captain Bobadil, and tries to imitate his “dainty oaths.” Master Stephen has no notion of honesty and high-mindedness; thus he steals Downright’s cloak, which had been accidently dropped, declares he bought it, and then that he found it. Being convicted of falsehood, he resigns all claim to it, saying, in a huff, “There, take your cloak; I’ll none on’t.” This small-minded youth is young Kno’well’s cousin.--Ben Jonson, _Every Man in his Humor_ (1598). =Stephen Steelheart=, the nickname of Stephen Wetheral.--Sir W. Scott, _Ivanhoe_ (time, Richard I.). =Stephen of Amboise=, leader of 5000 foot soldiers from Blois and Tours in the allied Christian army of Godfrey of Bouillon. Impetuous in attack, but deficient in steady resistance. He was shot by Clorinda with an arrow (bk. xi.).--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_ (1575). =Sterling= (_Mr._), a vulgar, rich City merchant, who wishes to see his two daughters married to titles. Lord Ogleby calls him “a very abstract of ’Change;” and he himself says, “What signifies birth, education, titles, and so forth? Money, I say--money’s the stuff that makes a man great in this country.” _Miss Sterling_, whose Christian name is Elizabeth or Betty; a spiteful, jealous, purse-proud damsel, engaged to Sir John Melvil. Sir John, seeing small prospect of happiness with such a tartar, proposed marriage to the younger sister; and Miss Sterling being left out in the cold, exclaimed, “Oh, that some other person, an earl or duke for instance, would propose to me, that I might be revenged on the monsters!” _Miss Fanny Sterling_, an amiable, sweet-smiling, soft-speaking beauty, clandestinely married to Lovewell.--Colman and Garrick, _The Clandestine Marriage_ (1766). =Sterry=, a fanatical preacher, admired by Hugh Peters.--S. Butler, _Hudibras_ (1663-78). =Stevens=, a messenger of the earl of Sussex at Say’s Court.--Sir W. Scott, _Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth). =Stewart= (_Colonel_), governor of the castle of Doune.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time, George II.). _Stewart_ (_Prince Charles Edward_), surnamed “The Chevalier” by his friends, and “The Pretender” by his foes. Sir W. Scott introduces him in _Waverley_, and again in _Redgauntlet_, where he appears disguised as “Father Buonaventura.” (Now generally spelt Stuart.) _Stewart_ (_Walking_), John Stewart, the English traveller, who travelled on foot through Hindûstan, Persia, Nubia, Abyssinia, the Arabian Desert, Europe and the United States (died 1822).