stour

[ stoor ]

/ stʊər /

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noun

British Dialect.

tumult; confusion.
a storm.

British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust.

Archaic. armed combat; battle.

British Dialect. a time of tumult.

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Origin of stour

1250–1300; Middle English <Old French estour battle <Germanic; akin to storm

Words nearby stour

stottie, St.-Ouen, Stoughton, stound, stoup, stour, Stourbridge, Stourhead, stoush, stout, stouten

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How to use stour in a sentence

He landed in the same neighbourhood as before, and advanced 12 miles inland to the river Stour before meeting with the islanders.
The Towns of Roman Britain|James Oliver Bevan
I caught a beautiful fish weighing about eight or ten pounds, in the Hampshire Stour.
The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2|Various
The artist was never tired of saying that these soft pastoral landscapes in the Stour valley made him a painter.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
The spire of Honington is then seen on the left, and Shipston-on-Stour is entered.
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. Harper

But none has more beauty than that which runs southward to Shipston-on-Stour.
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land|Charles G. Harper

British Dictionary definitions for stour (1 of 2)

stour

Scot stoor (stuːr)

/ (staʊə) /

noun Scot and Northern English dialect

turmoil or conflict

dust; a cloud of dust

Word Origin for stour

C14: from Old French estour armed combat, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sturm storm

British Dictionary definitions for stour (2 of 2)

Stour

/ (staʊə) /

noun

Also called: Great Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland

any of several smaller rivers in England

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