meaning of stern
1. The black tern.
2. Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
3. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
4. The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
5. Fig. : The post of management or direction.
6. The hinder part of anything.
7. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
8. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
9. the rear part of a ship
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