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Whitsun

/ˈwɪt.sən/

Whitsun noun: whitsunday.

Noun

Whitsun (plural Whitsuns)

  1. Whitsunday.
    • 1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
  2. The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.
    • 1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in...

Adjective

Whitsun (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide

Whitsun meaning in Bengali

Whitsun in Bengali

হুইটসানডে, হুইটসানডেতে শুরু হওয়া ছুটি, হুইটসানটাইড সম্পর্কিত

Synonyms of Whitsun

Forms of Whitsun

pluralWhitsuns

Origin of Whitsun

Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

Words formed from Whitsun

Phrases with Whitsun

Questions about Whitsun

What does Whitsun mean?
Whitsun means whitsunday.
What is Whitsun in Bengali?
Whitsun in Bengali is হুইটসানডে, হুইটসানডেতে শুরু হওয়া ছুটি, হুইটসানটাইড সম্পর্কিত. See Whitsun meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Whitsun?
Whitsun can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Whitsun?
Whitsun is pronounced /ˈwɪt.sən/.
What is the plural of Whitsun?
The plural of Whitsun is Whitsuns.

Words near Whitsun in the dictionary

  1. Whitstable
  2. whitster
  3. whitsters
  4. Whitstone
  5. Whitstones
  6. Whitsun
  7. Whitsun Monday
  8. Whitsun Tide
  9. Whitsun Tuesday
  10. Whitsun-night
  11. Whitsun-nights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Whitsun (page history and authors); Whitsun (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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