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Definition of Stern
1. Noun. The rear part of a ship.
Terms within: Escutcheon, Skeg
Generic synonyms: Back, Rear
Group relationships: Ship
2. Adjective. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. "A stern face"
3. Noun. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920).
Geographical relationships: Russia, Soviet Union, Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, Ussr
Generic synonyms: Fiddler, Violinist
4. Adjective. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty. "The stern demands of parenthood"
Similar to: Implacable
Derivative terms: Grimness, Inexorability, Inexorableness, Relentlessness, Sternness
5. Noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Derivative terms: Posterior
6. Adjective. Severe and unremitting in making demands. "Strict standards"
7. Adjective. Severely simple. "A stark interior"
Similar to: Plain
Derivative terms: Austereness, Severeness, Starkness, Sternness
Definition of Stern
1. n. The black tern.
2. a. Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
3. n. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
4. a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Definition of Stern
1. Adjective. having a hardness and severity of nature or manner ¹
2. Adjective. grim and forbidding in appearance ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stern
1. unyielding [adj STERNER, STERNEST] / the rear part of a ship [n -S] - See also: unyielding
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Literary usage of Stern
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1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"stern has published many vocal pieces and arrangements, but his most enduring work
... In 1874 ill-health obliged stern to retire from the conductorship, ..."
2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1902)
"W., 161 W. 86th stern, Gus, 687 Broadway stern, H., 19 W. 89th stern, HB, 133 E.
80th stern, Jacob, Hotel St. Lorenz stern, JS, 82 E. 108th stern, Leopold, ..."
3. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1912)
"5:tO Spruce stern. Israel. 1935 N. ll-'th stern, Mrs. Jennie 817 South stern,
Julius, 1214 Orkney stern, Lafayette, 1846 N. I9th stern. Louis. ..."
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