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fort·night (fôrt′nīt′)

noun

Chiefly Brit. a period of two weeks

Etymology: ME fourte(n) niht < OE feowertyn niht, lit., fourteen nights

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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