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sturt

[ sturt ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. violent quarreling.


Sturt

/ stɜːt /

noun

  1. SturtCharles17951869MEnglishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Charles. 1795–1869, English explorer, who led three expeditions (1828–29; 1829; 1844–45) into the Australian interior, discovering the Darling River (1828)
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Other Words From

  • sturt·y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sturt1

1325–75; Middle English; metathetic variant of strut 1
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Example Sentences

“Dwarf mistletoe is freaky, freaky, freaky stuff,” says David Watson, an ecologist at Charles Sturt University in Australia.

I was then sent to Lieutenant Sturt, the engineer, who was nearly recovered from his wounds, for his opinion.

Through this plain there flowed a river, which Sturt called the Darling, in honour of the Governor.

Rather than break the fence, and so destroy the labours of the blacks, Sturt turned to sail back.

This was the mouth of the river Darling, which Sturt himself had previously discovered and named.

But after they had reached a chain of hills, which Sturt called the Grey Range, the warm season was already upon them.

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