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FORTY-THIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forty-third mean? 

FORTY-THIRD (adjective)
  The adjective FORTY-THIRD has 1 sense:

1. the ordinal number of forty-three in counting orderplay

  Familiarity information: FORTY-THIRD used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FORTY-THIRD (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The ordinal number of forty-three in counting order

Synonyms:

43rd; forty-third

Similar:

ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)


 Context examples 


Friar’s Oak is in a dip of the Downs, and the forty-third milestone between London and Brighton lies on the skirt of the village.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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