Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
forty-eighth [fawr-tee-eytth, -eyth] Examples adjective
- next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- being one of 48 equal parts.
noun
- a forty-eighth part, especially of one (1/48).
- the forty-eighth member of a series.
Examples from the Web for forty-eighth Historical Examples of forty-eighth
They suffered severely, especially the Forty-eighth Division.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)
Various
The Forty-eighth are coming; here they are,—support them, Fourteenth.
Charles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)
Charles Lever
He died on the 26th of December 1530 in his forty-eighth year.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1
Various
He only, in the forty-eighth argument, says, that there will be a resurrection of the flesh.
Pagan Origin of Partialist Doctrines
John Claudius Pitrat
He died in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and in the forty-eighth of his reign.
Lus de Cames