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)

Other Words From

• sturt·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sturt¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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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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