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Stern
Stern Stern, a. [Compar. Sterner; superl. Sternest.] [OE. sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk refractory. [root]166.] 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. The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak. When that the poor have cried, C[ae]sar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak. Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden. These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. --Wordsworth. Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless.
Stern
Stern Stern, n. [AS. stearn a kind of bird. See Starling.] (Zo["o]l.) The black tern.

Meaning of Stern from wikipedia

- The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter...
- Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American broadcaster and media personality. He is best known for his radio show, The Howard Stern Show, which...
- David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball...
- Joel M. Stern († 21.05.2019) was chairman and chief executive officer of Stern Value Management, formerly Stern Stewart & Co, and the creator and developer...
- Look up Stern or stern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stern is a surname which can be of either German/Yiddish or English language origin, though...
- up stern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The stern is the rear or aft part of a ship or boat. Stern may also refer to: Stern (given name) Stern (surname)...
- Michael Stern may refer to: Michael Stern (conductor) (born 1959), American musician Michael Stern (educator) (1922–2002), founder of the Waterford Kamhlaba...
- Itzhak Stern (25 January 1901 – 30 January 1969) was a Polish Jew and a Holocaust survivor, who worked for Sudeten-German industrialist Oskar Schindler...
- Daniel Stern may refer to: Daniel Stern (actor) (born 1957), American actor The pen name of Marie d'Agoult (1805–1876) The pen name of Ina Lange (1846—1930)...
- 2001, Stern's parent company Federated Department Stores opted to retire the Stern's brand. Most of the stores were immediately converted to Stern's corporate...