Thursday

2 definitions found

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

  Thursday \Thurs"day\, n. [OE. [thorn]ursdei, [thorn]orsday, from
     the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, the
     god of thunder, is akin to AS. [thorn]unor thunder; D.
     Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. [thorn][=o]rsdagr,
     Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. [root]52. See {Thor}, {Thunder}, and
     {Day}.]


     The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding
     Friday.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Holy Thursday}. See under {Holy}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Thursday
       n : the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day [syn: {Th}]