WHITSUN


Meaning of WHITSUN in English

/hwit"seuhn, wit"-/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

n.

2. Whitsunday or Whitsuntide.

[ 1250-1300; ME Whitsone ( n ), shortening of whitsonenday (by analysis as whitsonen-day ); see WHITSUNDAY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .