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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stern1
▶adjective
  • 1 grimly serious or strict, especially in the exercise of discipline.
  • 2 severe; demanding.
– derivatives
sternly adverb,
sternness noun.
– origin OE styrne, prob. from the W. Gmc base of stare.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stern2
▶noun the rearmost part of a ship or boat.
– derivatives
sterned adjective,
sternmost adjective,
sternwards adverb.
– origin ME: prob. from ON stjórn ‘steering’, from stýra ‘to steer’.



'stern' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "stern" in the title:
a stern teacher
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore
Fixing me with a stern look
from the stern
gentle but stern note?
I am stern ____ myself; I allow myself no mistake.
I'm *over at* the Stern School.
mock-stem [mock-stern]
My boss issued me a severe (harsh,stern) reprimand
stern of a street-lamp

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