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quadricentenarian

quadricentenarian noun: one who or that which is between 400 and 499 years old.

Noun

quadricentenarian (plural quadricentenarians)

  1. One who or that which is between 400 and 499 years old.
    • Two of these trees are pines and two are oaks; there can be no doubt that they are 400 years old because the mikado says they are, and he ought to know, for, as we understand, he planted them himself. But, whether they be quadricentenarians or not, Mrs. Potter intends to utilize them for all the...1891 September 1, “A Dramatic Innovation”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 11, number 299, Kansas City, Mo., page 8
    • With drums proudly beating, / With glad birthday greeting, / At Columbia’s feet their priceless gift they cast / To the quadricentenarian / Both Greek and Barbarian / Before her strength and beauty stand aghast.1893 January, “The Columbian Exposition”, in Lasell Leaves, volume XVIII, number 4, Auburndale, Mass., page 69

Examples of quadricentenarian in a sentence

  • But, whether they be quadricentenarians or not, Mrs.1891 September 1, “A Dramatic Innovation”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 11, number 299, Kansas City, Mo., page 8:
  • A POSSIBLE QUADRICENTENARIAN / A LIVING creature that has trod the earth, however sluggishly, since the days of the Spanish Armada is an object of no common degree of interest.1906 July 28, The Literary Digest, volume XXXIII, number 4, New York, N.Y., page 113:
  • But San Germán (right) is a quadricentenarian — and the home of one of the oldest churches in America.1967 March, Holiday, volume 41, number 3, page 99:
  • The quadricentenarians of the colony sat on the foremost benches, nodding numbly to the drone of the hardrangers’ strings, their liver-spotted fingers rippling to the runs of the tune.1993, David Cook, Soldiers of Ice (The Harpers), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 150:

Forms of quadricentenarian

pluralquadricentenarians

Origin of quadricentenarian

From quadri- + centenarian.

Questions about quadricentenarian

What does quadricentenarian mean?
Quadricentenarian means one who or that which is between 400 and 499 years old.
How do you use quadricentenarian in a sentence?
But, whether they be quadricentenarians or not, Mrs.
What part of speech is quadricentenarian?
Quadricentenarian is a noun.
What is the plural of quadricentenarian?
The plural of quadricentenarian is quadricentenarians.

Words near quadricentenarian in the dictionary

  1. quadrible
  2. quadric
  3. quadricapsular
  4. quadricarinate
  5. quadricellular
  6. quadricentenarian
  7. quadricentenarians
  8. quadricentennial
  9. quadricentennials
  10. quadricentesimal
  11. quadricep

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