Definition of "forty-seventh" [forty-seventh]

• The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence. (noun)
• One of forty-seven equal parts of a whole. (noun)

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• "Today is the forty-seventh anniversary of Independence in Trinidad and Tobago, but some bloggers wonder whether citizens of the twin island republic truly understand what sovereignty is all about …"
• "That is why they check themselves into mental hospitals or throw themselves off the forty-seventh floor of the Time-Life Building."
• "Just two more years of patience, Mr. Benefactor, then I shall have finished my forty-seventh opera!"