Meaning of STERN in English

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Meaning of STERN in English

• 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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