SEVENTEEN


Meaning of SEVENTEEN in English

/sev"euhn teen"/ , n.

1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 17 in number.

5. ( cap., italics ) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.

[ bef. 900; ME seventene, OE seofontene (c. D zeventien, G siebzehn ). See SEVEN, -TEEN ]

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