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Thursday

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Thurs=day

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Thursday has 1 sense

thursday(n = noun.time) th - the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day; Array

is a kind of weekday

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Thursday, n. [OE. , , from the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. Thor, the god of thunder, is akin to AS. thunder; D. Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. , Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. √52. See Thor, Thunder, and Day.].

The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. [1913 Webster]

Holy Thursday. See under Holy.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Thursday, n. & adv.
--n. the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday.
--adv. colloq.
1 on Thursday.
2 (Thursdays) on Thursdays; each Thursday.

Etymology

OE thunresd{aelig}g, thur(e)sd{aelig}g, day of thunder, representing LL Jovis dies day of Jupiter

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