- Also called: Great Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland
- any of several smaller rivers in England
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Stour /staʊə/ n
stour (stŏŏr),USA pronunciation
n.
- British Terms
- tumult;
confusion. - a storm.
- tumult;
- British Termsblowing dust or a deposit of dust.
- [Archaic.]armed combat;
battle. - British Termsa time of tumult.
- Gmc; akin to storm
- Old French estour battle
- Middle English 1250–1300
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