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seventeens

seventeens is the plural of seventeen.

Meaning of seventeen

Numeral

seventeen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
    • [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii

Phrases with seventeens

Questions about seventeens

What is seventeens the plural of?
Seventeens is the plural of seventeen.

Words near seventeens in the dictionary

  1. seventeen-year locusts
  2. seventeenfold
  3. seventeenish
  4. seventeenness
  5. seventeenpence
  6. seventeens
  7. seventeenth
  8. seventeenthly
  9. seventeenths
  10. seventh
  11. seventh art

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