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Definition of Forty-ninth
1. Adjective. The ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order.
Definition of Forty-ninth
1. Numeral. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence. ¹
2. Noun. (fractional) One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-ninth
Literary usage of Forty-ninth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1899)
"The forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the State Medical Society, was held in Lafayette,
Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6. Two hundred and thirty-eight ..."
2. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals, and Soldiers by Whitelaw Reid (1868)
"In sending troops to the relief of the pickets, the Forty-Ninth Ohio was the first
... The Forty-Ninth went into battle at eleven o'clock with its brigade, ..."
3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1907)
"[Thomas Sullivan enlisted in Dublin, Ireland, February 5, 1775, in HM forty-ninth
Regiment of Foot, commanded by Hon. Major General Alexander Maitland, ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Marched at half-past six AM, passing through Springfield. and forty-ninth New-York
volunteer regiments, and the Twenty-ninth and One Hundred and Eleventh ..."
5. 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)
"... forty-ninth YEAR OF GEORGE III. Doe, on the Demise of Terry, v. Collier.
11 East, 377. June 15,1809. Under a devise of land to a trustee and bis heirs, ..."
6. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"REPORT of the COUNCIL for the FINANCIAL TEAR ended 31s< December, 1882, and for
the SESSIONAL TEAR ending 26th June, 1883, presented at the forty-ninth ..."
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