Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The 11th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The eleventh month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviated Nov.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The eleventh month of the year, containing thirty days.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The letter
N in theICAO spelling alphabet . - proper noun The eleventh
month of theGregorian calendar , followingOctober and precedingDecember . Abbreviation:Nov orNov. - proper noun The letter N in the
ICAO spelling alphabet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the month following October and preceding December
Etymologies
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Examples
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[October, shrugging his shoulders, withdraws into the background, while November throws her pine cones on the fire, and sits down listlessly.] _November.
Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti 1862
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[Illustration: THE DOG PARTY LEAVES HUT POINT -- November 1, 1912] _November 11.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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[Footnote 1: Despatched by runner on November 20, but returned to the writer on December 23, and despatched again on January 1.] _November 10, 1899.
Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Henry W. Nevinson 1900
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To further alienate these voters so that Blanche Lincoln, or somebody like her, can lose by ten points in November is not smart politics.
Lincoln Mitchell: Looking Back at the Arkansas Senate Race Lincoln Mitchell 2010
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When a close race in November is expected, electability is an issue which should be taken into consideration when nominating a candidate.
Lincoln Mitchell: Looking Back at the Arkansas Senate Race Lincoln Mitchell 2010
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At that point what will likely matter most in November is what the state of the economy is.
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To further alienate these voters so that Blanche Lincoln, or somebody like her, can lose by ten points in November is not smart politics.
Lincoln Mitchell: Looking Back at the Arkansas Senate Race Lincoln Mitchell 2010
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When a close race in November is expected, electability is an issue which should be taken into consideration when nominating a candidate.
Lincoln Mitchell: Looking Back at the Arkansas Senate Race Lincoln Mitchell 2010
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When a close race in November is expected, electability is an issue which should be taken into consideration when nominating a candidate.
Lincoln Mitchell: Looking Back at the Arkansas Senate Race Lincoln Mitchell 2010
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To further alienate these voters so that Blanche Lincoln, or somebody like her, can lose by ten points in November is not smart politics.
Lincoln Mitchell: Looking Back at the Arkansas Senate Race Lincoln Mitchell 2010
chained_bear commented on the word November
"Medieval Europe lacked most of the high-yielding grass and root crops that are today used to feed herds through the winter and enable a year-round supply of fresh meat--the turnip, for instance, was still considered a garden vegetable. ... Only the largest and wealthiest households had either the pasture to keep their herds alive or the storage space to put aside sufficient hay to see them through the winter.
"For all those who lacked this luxury, as soon as the frosts moved in and the pasture died off, a good proportion of the herd had to be slaughtered. Traditionally, the seasonal killing was set for Martinmas, or November 11--for which reason the Anglo-Saxon name for November was 'Blood Month.' What could not be eaten within a few days had to be salted down..."
--Jack Turner, _Spice: The History of a Temptation_ (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), 109-110
(More can be found on spices.)
December 2, 2016