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stern
'stern' - used as an adjective
1. of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
a stern face
2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
the stern demands of parenthood
3. severe and unremitting in making demands
a stern disciplinarian
4. severely simple

'stern' - used as a noun
5. United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
6. the rear part of a ship
7. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

derived forms
1. Stern / Plural
sterns
2. Stern / Comparitive
sterner
3. Stern / Superlative
sternest
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