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Thursday definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THURSDAY, n. [The god of thunder, answering to the Jove of the Greeks and Romans, L. dies Jovis.]
The fifth day of the week.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day [syn: Thursday, Th]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thursdæg, from Old Norse th?rsdagr; akin to Old English thunresdæg Thursday, Old Norse Th?rr Thor, Old English thunor thunder — more at thunder Date: before 12th century the fifth day of the week • Thursdays adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adv. --n. the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. --adv. colloq. 1 on Thursday. 2 (Thursdays) on Thursdays; each Thursday. Etymology: OE thunresdæg, thur(e)sdæg, day of thunder, representing LL Jovis dies day of Jupiter

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thursday Thurs"day, n. [OE. [thorn]ursdei, [thorn]orsday, from the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, the god of thunder, is akin to AS. [thorn]unor thunder; D. Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. [thorn][=o]rsdagr, Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. [root]52. See Thor, Thunder, and Day.] The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. Holy Thursday. See under Holy.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Thursdays) Thursday is the day after Wednesday and before Friday. On Thursday Barrett invited me for a drink... I'm always terribly busy on Thursdays. N-VAR