sterner

See also: Sterner

English

Etymology 1

stern + -er

Adjective

sterner

  1. comparative form of stern: more stern

Etymology 2

stern + -er

Noun

sterner (plural sterners)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A director.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sterner in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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