seventeen

seventeen
/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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