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seventeenth definition

sev·en·teenth (-tēnt̸h′)

adjective

  1. preceded by sixteen others in a series; 17th
  2. designating any of the seventeen equal parts of something

Etymology: ME sevententhe: see seventeen & -th

noun

  1. the one following the sixteenth
  2. any of the seventeen equal parts of something;

adverb

in the seventeenth place, rank, group, etc.

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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