Dictionary definition · Stern
noun
- United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
- the rear part of a ship
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on"he deserves a good kick in the butt"
adjective
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect"an austere expression"
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty"grim determination"
- severe and unremitting in making demands"an exacting instructor"
- severely simple"a stark interior"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).