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WHITSUN TUESDAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Whitsun Tuesday mean?
• WHITSUN TUESDAY (noun)
The noun WHITSUN TUESDAY has 1 sense:
1. the day after Whitmonday
Familiarity information: WHITSUN TUESDAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The day after Whitmonday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Whit-Tuesday; Whitsun Tuesday
Hypernyms ("Whitsun Tuesday" is a kind of...):
Tues; Tuesday (the third day of the week; the second working day)
Holonyms ("Whitsun Tuesday" is a part of...):
Whitsun; Whitsuntide; Whitweek (Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days))
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