sturt
[ sturt ]
/ stɜrt /
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noun Scot.
violent quarreling.
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Origin of sturt
1325–75; Middle English; metathetic variant of strut1
OTHER WORDS FROM sturt
sturt·y, adjectiveWords nearby sturt
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Sturt
/ (stɜːt) /
noun
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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