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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECEM'BER, n. [L. december, from decem, ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March.]
The last month in the year, in which the sun enters the tropic of Capricorn, and makes the winter solstice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: December, Dec]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English Decembre, from Old English or Anglo-French, both from Latin December (tenth month), from decem ten — more at ten Date: before 12th century the 12th month of the Gregorian calendar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the twelfth month of the year. Etymology: ME f. OF decembre f. L December f. decem ten: orig. the tenth month of the Roman year

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

December De*cem"ber, n. [F. d['e]cembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten.] 1. The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice. 2. Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Decembers) December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Western calendar. ...a bright morning in mid-December... Her baby was born on 4th December... N-VAR