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Definition of Tuesday

1. Noun. The third day of the week; the second working day.

Definition of Tuesday

1. n. The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.

Definition of Tuesday

1. Noun. The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday. ¹

2. Adverb. on Tuesday ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuesday

Literary usage of Tuesday

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

1. Catalogue by Rutgers University (1891)
"tuesday: Stated Meeting of the Board of Trustees, 2 p. M. MAR. 80-APE. 5, Wednesday-tuesday: Examinations. Second Term ends. ..."

2. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge (1861)
"Wilmington, 2d tuesday of January, April, June, Apalachicola, 1st Monday in March ... Boston, 3d tuesday in March, 4th tuesday in June, 2d tuesday in Sept., ..."

3. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"groome, called Shrove tuesday, one whose manners show he is better fed ... than this old kingdom doth (or at least SHROVE tuesday PREPARING TO DO BATTLE ..."

4. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1918)
"Terms of the district court for the eastern division shall be held at Keokuk on the sixth tuesday after the fourth tuesday in February and the eighth ..."

5. Report by Florida Office of Secretary of State (1909)
"LaFayette—First tuesday after the fourth Monday in November. FOURTH CIRCUIT. ... Lake—First tuesday in October. Sumter—Third tuesday in October. ..."

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