Saturday

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saturday \Sat"ur*day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. Saterday, AS. Saeterdaeg,
     Saeterndaeg, Saeternesdaeg, literally, Saturn's day, fr. L.
     Saturnus Saturn + AS. daeg day; cf. L. dies Saturni.]
     The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday
     and preceding Sunday.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Saturday
       n : the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the
           Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: {Sabbatum}, {Sat}]