Definition of Stern

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Definition of Stern

Stern

The black tern.

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 helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.

The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.

Fig.: The post of management or direction.

The hinder part of anything.

The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.

Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.

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Stern Quotations

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Saint Teresa of Avila

The seven marvels that best represent man's achievements over the last 2,000 years will be determined by Internet vote... so look for Howard Stern's Private Parts to come in No. 1.
Jon Stewart

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
Aeschylus

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
Charles de Montesquieu

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.
Shaquille O'Neal

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.
Carrie Fisher

But the West of the old times, with its strong characters, its stern battles and its tremendous stretches of loneliness, can never be blotted from my mind.
Buffalo Bill

Howard Stern was the only one that was able to get through to me.
Jessica Hahn

I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play.
Oscar Robertson

Stern Translations

stern in Danish is agterstavn
stern in Dutch is achtersteven, spiegel
stern in French is poupe
stern in German is ernst, Heck
stern in Italian is poppa
stern in Latin is austerus
stern in Portuguese is popa
stern in Spanish is popa

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