Stature : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stature	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Stature
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stature n high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; "a man of great stature" (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot Synonym(s): stature, height
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stature \Stat"ure\, 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. Foreign men of mighty stature came. --Dryden.