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forty-eighters

forty-eighters is the plural of forty-eighter.

Meaning of forty-eighter

Noun

forty-eighter (plural forty-eighters)

  1. (historical) A European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848.
    • The Wisconsin Republicans sought to placate the Germans by nominating the forty-eighter Karl Roeser as state treasurer.2001, Frank Trommler, Elliott Shore, editors, The German-American Encounter […] , Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 27
  2. (historical) An early participant of the California Gold Rush, arriving in California in 1848.
    • The forty-eighters were already in California when the gold rush of forty-nine brought thousands of people […]2008, Edward Joseph Beverly, editor, Chasing the Sun: A Reader's Guide to Novels Set in the American West, Sunstone Press, →ISBN, page 236

Noun capitalized: Forty-Eighters

Forty-Eighters

  1. (plural) plural of Forty-Eighter

Questions about forty-eighters

What is forty-eighters the plural of?
Forty-eighters is the plural of forty-eighter.
What part of speech is forty-eighters?
Forty-eighters is a noun.

Words near forty-eighters in the dictionary

  1. forty two
  2. forty weepy weepy
  3. forty winks
  4. forty-eight
  5. forty-eighter
  6. forty-eighters
  7. forty-eighth
  8. forty-eighths
  9. forty-eightmo
  10. forty-eights
  11. forty-eleven

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