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Thursday

[ thurz-dey, -dee ]

noun

  1. the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. : Th., Thur., Thurs.


Thursday

/ ˈθɜːzdɪ; -deɪ /

noun

  1. the fifth day of the week; fourth day of the working week
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Thursday1

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English ճܰæ, from Old Danish ճū岹, literally, “Thor's day”; replacing Old English Thunres dæg; cognate with Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag (all representing Germanic translation of Late Latin diēs Jovis ). See Thor, thunder, day
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Thursday1

Old English ճܰæ, literally: Thor's day; related to Old High German Donares tag; see Thor , thunder , day
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His players responded and delivered in a 111-105 win at the Intuit Dome on Thursday night.

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The coup de grace came Thursday in a 6-4 Oilers’ win at a raucous Rogers Place, which has become a house of horrors for the Kings.

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"Aid, and the civilian lives it saves, should never be a bargaining chip," the UN's humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, warned on Thursday.

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Crystal Palace will be on a high after booking their place in the FA Cup final, so this is another very tricky game for Nottingham Forest, who slipped up at home against Brentford on Thursday.

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Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose 1995 hit “I Kissed a Girl” was the rare pop song of that era to take an openly queer theme into the cultural mainstream, died Thursday.

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