Definition of Sture

1. great [adj] - See also: great

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sture

stuprate
stuprated
stuprates
stupration
stuprations
stuprous
stur
sture (current term)
sturgeon
sturgeonlike
sturgeons
sturionian
sturionians
sturm and drang
sturmanite
sturmer
sturmers
sturnine
sturnoid
sturnuses
sturt
sturted

Literary usage of Sture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Haunted by fears of treason, he suddenly struck at the great family of sture, the kinsmen of his own half-brothers. In 1566 the young Nils sture was ..."

2. The Antiquary (1887)
"It may here be noticed that the arms of sture as given in the Heralds' ... Henry sture, the first of the name who owned the property, died in 1519. ..."

3. The Revolutions of Europe: Being an Historical View of the European Nations by Christophe Koch, Maximillian Samson Friedrich Schoell, Andrew Crichton (1839)
"Being victorious at the battle of Bogesund, where sture lost his lifr, he succeeded in making himself acknowledged by the Swedes as king, and was crowned at ..."

4. Sweden by Victor Alfred Nilsson (1899)
"Unionism versus Patriotism—Uncrowned Kings of the sture Families STEN sture THE ELDER was chosen regent by the council of state and elected by the people at ..."

5. The History of Sweden by Anders Fryxell (1844)
"LORD STEN sture, the Younger, was like his father, a very remarkable and distinguished man in many particulars. True and humble before God, ..."

6. Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1887)
"It may here be noticed that the arms of sture as given in the ... Henry sture, the first of the name who owned the property, died in 1519. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"99 STURDY. (1) The same as Giddy (2). (2) Sulky and obstinate. North. sture. (1) A steer, qv П'est. ..."

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