Chris·to (kr?s?t?) Originally Christo Vladimirov Javacheff. Born 1935. Bulgarian-born American sculptor who with his wife Jeanne-Claude (born 1935) is best known for wrapping large-scale objects such as whole buildings in fabric.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Christo (?kr?st??) n (Biography) full name Christo Javacheff. born 1935, US artist, born in Bulgaria; best known for works in which he wraps buildings, monuments, or natural features in canvas or plasticCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014