Usually means: Strict, serious, often harshly authoritative.
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  1. Severus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Severus: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Severus: Wordnik
  4. Severus: Wiktionary
  5. Severus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Severus: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Severus: Dictionary.com
  8. Severus (disambiguation), Severus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Severus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Severus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. severus: Legal dictionary

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  1. Severus: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. severus: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Severus)

▸ noun:  An ancient Roman cognomen, notably that of Septimius Severus.

Similar:
Severino, Severyan, varus, Caesar, Brutus, regulus, Severa, severance, Severn, Ceasar, more...

Types:
cruel, harsh, mean, nasty, rude, unkind, more...

Phrases:
alexander severus, Severus Alexander, septimus severus, Septimius Severus, lucius septimius severus, more...

Adjectives:
emperor, general, excellent, young, cruel, late, unfortunate, certain, divine, virtuous, noble

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Similar:
Severino, Severyan, varus, Caesar, Brutus, regulus, Severa, severance, Severn, Ceasar, more...

Types:
cruel, harsh, mean, nasty, rude, unkind, more...

Phrases:
alexander severus, Severus Alexander, septimus severus, Septimius Severus, lucius septimius severus, severus septimius, Sulpicius Severus, Severus Snape, Libius Severus, Arch of Septimius Severus, Severus II, more...

Adjectives:
emperor, general, excellent, young, cruel, late, unfortunate, certain, divine, virtuous, noble



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