Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Standard (-s)
stand (-ing, -s, stood)stanza (-s)
standard (-s), n. [OFr; L. extenděre, to stretch out; by popular etym, MHG stanthart, stand hard.]
- Rules; high expectations; conventions.
- Moral.
- Established model.
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