'Wednesday' definitions:

Definition of 'Wednesday'

(from WordNet)
noun
The fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn: Wednesday, Midweek, Wed]

Definition of 'Wednesday'

From: GCIDE
  • Wednesday \Wednes"day\ (?; 48), n. [OE. wednesdai, wodnesdei, AS. W[=o]dnes d[ae]g, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of L. dies Mercurii); fr. W[=o]den the highest god of the Teutonic peoples, but identified with the Roman god Mercury; akin to OS. W[=o]dan, OHG. Wuotan, Icel. O[eth]inn, D. woensdag Wednesday, Icel. [=o][eth]insdagr, Dan. & Sw. onsdag. See Day, and cf. Woden, Wood, a.] The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday. [1913 Webster]
  • Ash Wednesday. See in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]

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