'Nates' definitions:

Definition of 'nates'

(from WordNet)
noun
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]

Definition of 'Nates'

From: GCIDE
  • Nates \Na"tes\, n. pl. [L., the buttocks.]
  • 1. (Anat.) (a) The buttocks. (b) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The umbones of a bivalve shell. [1913 Webster]