FORTY-NINER


Meaning of FORTY-NINER in English

n

1. any of the people who went to California to look for gold during the Gold Rush of 1849.

2. the Forty-Niners [ pl ] the popular name for the San Francisco professional football team.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.