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Definition of forty-niner noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

forty-niner

noun
 
/ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnə(r)/
 
/ˌfɔːrti ˈnaɪnər/
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  1. any of the people who went to California to look for gold during the Gold Rush of 1849
  2. the Forty-Niners
    [plural] the popular name for the San Francisco professional football team
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