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Fortnight

Fortnight Meaning & Definition
Fortnight Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fortnight?

[n] a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fortnight: two weeks

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See Also | period | period of time | time period

Fortnight In Webster's Dictionary

\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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