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Definition of Sterner

1. n. A director.

Definition of Sterner

1. stern [adj] - See also: stern

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterner

sterlingly sterlingness sterlingnesses sterlings sterling area sterling bloc sterling silver stern Sterna sternage

sternages sternal Sterna hirundo Sterne sterned sterner (current term) sternest sternforemost Sterninae sterning

sternite sternites sternly sternmost sternness sternnesses sternocleidomastoid sternocleidomastoid muscle sternocleidomastoid vein sternocleido mastoideus

Literary usage of Sterner

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1. A Study of Ethical Principles by James Seth (1905)
"(6) Subordination of the sterner to the gentler virtues.—A second manifestation of the law of moral progress is found in the gradual subordination of the ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"sterner-Balner, R. Hg smelting nul in Europe. 191. Sterrett, DB Deposits of mica in US, 282. Stettbacher, A. Detonation of explosive charges, 1248; ..."

3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"PRESIDENT'S TONE GROWS sterner TOWARDS "TRAITORS." — STRIKING CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR WADE. — FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The rebels were chary of their powder, saving it for sterner uses, and anxious to conceal their pieces that they might again employ them at a range of their ..."

5. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"The sterner Republicans in the Holland States wanted to instruct the Princess and her brother to leave the Hague during the visit of the ambassadors; ..."

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