| Noun | 1. | September - the month following August and preceding OctoberGregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 Labor Day - first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada autumn, fall - the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973" | |