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Definition of Forty-seven
1. Adjective. Being seven more than forty.
Definition of Forty-seven
1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-seven
Literary usage of Forty-seven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America from by United States (1862)
"... troops authorized to be employed in the prosecution of the war with Mexico,
during the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"An Effort to shorten the Duration and diminish the Pain of the Ftrst Stage of
Labour ; with a Record of One Hundred and forty-seven Cases. ..."
3. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"... eighteen hundred and forty-seven,2 shall not he construed as forfeited hy the
privates and non-commissioned officers who have heen, or may he, ..."
4. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"Navigation and other matters within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Ignited
States; sections thirteen hundred and forty-seven and thirteen hundred and ..."
5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1869)
"... CC Anderson, seven dollars and fifty cents ; MW Beverage, one hundred and
fifty dollars ; WO Berry, six dollars and forty-seven cents ; J. И. Bourne, ..."
6. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"7- forty-seven Chantries in St. ... Highness's commissioners appointed for that
purpose, affirming, that they had forty-seven chantries within their church. ..."
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