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Definition of Forty-sixth
1. Adjective. The ordinal number of forty-six in counting order.
Definition of Forty-sixth
1. Numeral. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-six, describing a person or thing in position number 46 of a sequence. ¹
2. Noun. (fractional) One of forty-six equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-sixth
Literary usage of Forty-sixth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"forty-sixth CONGRESS.— EXTRA SESSIONS. — ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE. ... President Hayes
therefore called the forty-sixth Congress to meet in extra session on ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"Hood's and Batte 's battalions, the Forty- sixth regiment Virginia volunteers,
and one company (Captain Woods' company F), of the Twenty-third Smith ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... IN THE forty-sixth YEAR OF GEORGE III. The King v. The Justices of Shropshire.
7 Etat, 549. June 19, 1806. The justices are bound by stat. 9 Geo. 1. c. ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"forty-sixth we toast. What noble deeds of chivalry the forty-sixth have done !
... What valour and what bravery the forty-sixth displayed, When on each ..."
5. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"ACTS OF forty-sixth CONGRESS- SECOND SESSION, 1880. CHAP. 39.—An act for the
relief of certain actual settlers on the Kansas trust and Mar. ..."
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