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Definition of Turn of the century
1. Noun. The period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century.
Definition of Turn of the century
1. Noun. The beginning or end of a certain century. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn Of The Century
Literary usage of Turn of the century
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States by Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1894)
"SOCIAL CULTURE AT THE turn of the century IN 1800 the population of our land was
5305, 482, of whom 80(5849 were slaves. ..."
2. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"CHAPTER XXXI THE turn of the century " In your apparel be modest,and endeavor to
accommodate nature rather than procure admiration. ..."
3. The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status. by Jared Verner (1994)
"Site-specific data from the 1800s are scattered and not comprehensive, but several
events occurred around the turn of the century that led to reasonably ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The turn of the century shows the characteristic works of the Romantic
movement: 'Tintern Abbey' (1798) and 'Michael' (1800), by Wordsworth, may represent ..."
5. History of the United States from the Earliest Discovery of America to the by Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1894)
"SOCIAL CULTURE AT THE turn of the century IN 1800 the population of our land was
... turn of the century."
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