Definition of Forty-three

1. Adjective. Being three more than forty.

Exact synonyms: 43, Xliii
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Forty-three

1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following forty-two and preceding forty-four. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-three

forty-leven
forty-nine
forty-niner
forty-ninth
forty-ninth parallel
forty-one
forty-oneth
forty-second
forty-seven
forty-seventh
forty-six
forty-sixth
forty-spot
forty-spots
forty-third
forty-three (current term)
forty-two
forty minutes of hell
forty winks
fortyfold
fortyish
fortypenny
fortysomething
fortysomethings
forum
forum non conveniens
forum shopping
forumite
forumites
forums

Literary usage of Forty-three

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"CHAPTER forty-three "TAMB' ITAM behind his chair was thunderstruck. The declaration produced an immense sensation. 'Let them go because this is best in my ..."

2. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... north forty- three degrees west twenty-two perches and eight-tenths of a perch, north seventy-five degrees and three-quarters west twenty-four perches ..."

3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... one thousand eight hundred and forty-three; and for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, ..."

4. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1876)
"In lines 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, same page, the following, "pursuant to chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of the Laws of eighteen hundred and forty-three, ..."

5. The Life of James McNeill Whistler by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell (1908)
"THE YEARS EIGHTEEN forty-three TO EIGHTEEN FORTY-NINE MRS. WHISTLER sailed from Boston in the Arcadia on August 12, 1843, taking with her Deborah, ..."

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