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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUESDAY, n. s as z. The third day of the week.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the third day of the week; the second working day [syn: Tuesday, Tues]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English tiwesday, from Old English t?wesdæg (akin to Old High German z?ostag Tuesday), from Old English T?w Tiu + dæg day — more at deity Date: before 12th century the third day of the week • Tuesdays adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adv. --n. the third day of the week, following Monday. --adv. 1 colloq. on Tuesday. 2 (Tuesdays) on Tuesdays; each Tuesday. Etymology: OE Tiwesdæg f. Tiw the Gmc god identified with Roman Mars

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tuesday Tues"day (t[=u]z"d[asl]; 48), n. [OE. Tewesday, AS. Tiwes d[ae]g the day of Tiw the god of war; akin to OHG. Zio, Icel. T[=y]r, L. Jupiter, Gr. Zey`s;, cf. OHG. Ziostac Tuesday, G. Dienstag, Icel. T[=y]sdagr. [root]244. See Deity, Day, and cf. Jovial.] The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Tuesdays) Tuesday is the day after Monday and before Wednesday. He phoned on Tuesday, just before you came... On Tuesdays and Saturdays the market comes to town. N-VAR