Meaning of FORTNIGHT
| Pronunciation: | | 'fort`nit
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| | Definition: | | [n] a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight" |
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| | Synonyms: | | two weeks |
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| | See Also: | | period, period of time, time period | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fort"night`\ (?; in U.S. often ?; 277), n. [Contr.
fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights
and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.]
The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
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