na·tes

(nā′tēz)

pl.n.

The buttocks.

[Latin natēs, pl. of natis, buttock.]

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nates

(ˈneɪtiːz)

pl n, sing -tis (-tɪs)

(Anatomy) a technical word for the buttocks. See buttock

[C17: from Latin; compare Greek nōton back, nosthi buttocks]

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na•tes

(ˈneɪ tiz)

n.pl.

the buttocks.

[1675–85; < Latin natēs (pl.)]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

nates - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, bum, can, butt

body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

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the tip o' the mornin' to ye, Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, Barronitt, mavourneen; and it's a nate gintleman that ye are, sure enough, and it's mesilf and me forten jist that'll be at yur sarvice, dear, inny time o' day at all at all for the asking." And it's not mesilf ye wud have to be bate in the purliteness; so I made her a bow that wud ha' broken yur heart altegither to behould, and thin I pulled aff me hat with a flourish, and thin I winked at her hard wid both eyes, as much as to say, "True for you, yer a swate little crature, Mrs.

Ye may jist say, though (for it's God's thruth), that afore I left hould of the flipper of the spalpeen (which was not till afther her leddyship's futman had kicked us both down the stairs, I giv'd it such a nate little broth of a squaze as made it all up into raspberry jam.

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The succession of priests whose office it had been to pray daily with the captives and remind them that God had put them there, for some wise purpose or other, and teach them that patience, humbleness, and submission to oppres- sion was what He loved to see in parties of a subordi- nate rank, had traditions about these poor old human ruins, but nothing more.

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All but one of the Hendersons die though and teenaged Nate Henderson vows to complete his fathers dream and establish himself as a rich man.

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