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Definition of Sterner
1. n. A director.
Definition of Sterner
1. Adjective. (comparative of stern) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sterner
1. stern [adj] - See also: stern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterner
Literary usage of Sterner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Study of Ethical Principles by James Seth (1905)
"(6) Subordination of the sterner to the gentler virtues.—A second manifestation
of the law of moral progress is found in the gradual subordination of the ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"sterner-Balner, R. Hg smelting nul in Europe. 191. Sterrett, DB Deposits of mica
in US, 282. Stettbacher, A. Detonation of explosive charges, 1248; ..."
3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"PRESIDENT'S TONE GROWS sterner TOWARDS "TRAITORS." — STRIKING CONVERSATION WITH
SENATOR WADE. — FUNERAL CEREMONIES OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The rebels were chary of their powder, saving it for sterner uses, and anxious
to conceal their pieces that they might again employ them at a range of their ..."
5. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"The sterner Republicans in the Holland States wanted to instruct the Princess
and her brother to leave the Hague during the visit of the ambassadors; ..."
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