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Look up: blunder

  1. blunder
    [n] - an embarrassing mistake
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. blunder
    civilian casualties due to a stray missile or bomb Category: Defense
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Blunder
    Blun'der intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Blundered ; present participle & verbal noun Blundering .] [ Middle English blunderen , blondren , to stir, confuse, blunder; perhaps allied to blend to mix, to confound by mixture.] 1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writ ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/70

  4. Blunder
    Blun'der transitive verb 1. To cause to blunder. [ Obsolete] 'To blunder an adversary.' Ditton. 2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. « He blunders and confounds all these together. Stillingfleet. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/70

  5. Blunder
    Blun'der noun 1. Confusion; disturbance. [ Obsolete] 2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. Syn. -- Blunder , Error , Mistake , Bull . An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake< ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/71

  6. blunder
    blooper noun an embarrassing mistake
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. blunder
    boob verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; `I blundered during the job interview`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Blunder
    A `blunder` is a spectacularly bad decision or action, a mistake or error with detrimental consequences to the party that makes it. It is typically attributable to faulty perception: the result of not reading signs, or misinterpreting available information. Naturally many sensible decisions, which even in retrospect were carefully taken, may also prove disastrous mistakes. The term `blunder` is often used to refer to military, diplomatic, polit...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunder

  9. Blunder
    • (v. i.) To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. • (n.) Confusion; disturbance. • (v. t.) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. • (n.) A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. • (v. t.) To cause to blunder....
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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18 March 2010

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On March 18th, 1314 Jacques de Molay was led out before the people to publicly confess his and the order's sins. He recanted his earlier confessions and said the only crime he was guilty of was lying about his Brethren to relieve his own tortures. He was then taken to an island on the Siene and burned along with Geoffrey de Charney the Preceptor of Normandy. He was first appointed the position of Visitor General and latterly to the post of Grand Preceptor of all England. Although de Molay confessed to denying Christ and trampling on the Holy Cross, he steadfastly denounced the accusations that the initiation ritual consisted of homosexual practices. read more

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