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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WEDNESDAY, n. Wenzday. The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: Wednesday, Midweek, Wed]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English w?dnesdæg (akin to Old Norse ?thinsdagr Wednesday); akin to Old English W?den Odin and dæg day Date: before 12th century the fourth day of the week • Wednesdays adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adv. --n. the fourth day of the week, following Tuesday. --adv. colloq. 1 on Wednesday. 2 (Wednesdays) on Wednesdays; each Wednesday. Etymology: ME wednesdei, OE wodnesdæg day of (the god) Odin

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wednesday Wednes"day (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei, AS. W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of L. dies Mercurii); fr. W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to OS. W[=o]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[eth]inn, D. woensdag Wednesday, Icel. [=o][eth]insdagr, Dan. & Sw. onsdag. See Day, and cf. Woden, Wood, a.] The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. Ash Wednesday. See in the Vocabulary.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Wednesdays) Wednesday is the day after Tuesday and before Thursday. Come and have supper with us on Wednesday, if you're free... Did you happen to see her leave last Wednesday?... David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays. N-VAR