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stern

Pronunciation: (stûrn), [key]
—adj., -er, -est.
1. firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.
2. hard, harsh, or severe: a stern reprimand.
3. rigorous or austere; of an unpleasantly serious character: stern times.
4. grim or forbidding in aspect: a stern face.

stern

Pronunciation: (stûrn), [key]
—n.
1. the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
2. the back or rear of anything.
3. (cap.) Astron.the constellation Puppis.
4. Fox Hunting.the tail of a hound.

Stern

Pronunciation: (stûrn), [key]
—n.
1. Isaac, 1920-2001, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
2. Otto, 1888–1969, U.S. physicist, born in Germany: Nobel prize 1943.