sterner
See also: Sterner
English
Etymology 1
stern + -er
Adjective
sterner
- comparative form of stern: more stern
Etymology 2
stern + -er
Noun
sterner (plural sterners)
- (obsolete, rare) A director.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. R. Clerke to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sterner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- renters, rerents