stature Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement
    • a man of great stature
  2. noun (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot
    height.

WordNet

Stat"ure noun
Etymology
F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture, hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.
Definitions
  1. The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
    Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden.

Webster 1913