Tues"day (?), n. [OE. Tewesday, AS. Tiwes daeg the day of Tiw the god of war; akin to OHG. Zio, Icel. Tr, L. Jupiter, Gr. ;, cf. OHG. Ziostac Tuesday, G. Dienstag, Icel. Tsdagr. See Deity, Day, and cf. Jovial.]
The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.
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