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stern

Definition:

(nou) the rear part of a ship (nou) United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) (nou) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Phonetic Transcription:

stɜːn

Examples:

The teacher is stern and strict.

The mood in the church is stern.

He was a stern persecutor of heretics.

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