stature

3 definitions found

stature - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stature \Stat"ure\ (st[a^]ch"[~e]r; also, st[a^]t"[-u]r; 135),
     n. [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an
     upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from
     stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.]
     The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of
     the human body.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Foreign men of mighty stature came.      --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

stature - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stature
      n 1: high level of respect gained by impressive development or
           achievement; "a man of great stature"
      2: (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot [syn:
         stature, height]

stature - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "stature":
     altitude, authority, caliber, ceiling, consequence, dignity,
     elevation, eminence, exaltation, face, greatness, hauteur, height,
     heighth, high place, highness, importance, influence,
     influentialness, kudos, loftiness, merit, moment,
     perpendicular distance, position, precedence, pressure, prestige,
     priority, prominence, rank, seniority, standing, state, station,
     status, sublimity, tallness, toploftiness, value, virtue, weight,
     weightiness, worth