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Definition of stern noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stern

noun
 
/stɜːn/
 
/stɜːrn/
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  1. the back end of a ship or boat compare bow1, poopTopics Transport by waterc2
    Word Originnoun Middle English: probably from Old Norse stjórn ‘steering’, from stýra ‘to steer’.
Idioms
from stem to stern
  1. all the way from the front of a ship to the back
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