eighty-sixth

[ ey-tee-siksth ]

adjective

1. next after the eighty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 86.
2. being one of 86 equal parts.

noun

1. an eighty-sixth part, especially of one (1/86).
2. the eighty-sixth member of a series.

Example Sentences

Soldiers of the Eighty-sixth Illinois, we thank you, and through you all the defenders of the Republic, living and dead.

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Mariette was greatly struck by his personal vigour and tells us that he went on working even up to his eighty-sixth year.

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Particular mention has been made of these regiments, for they were to the Eighty-sixth a band of faithful brothers.

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The Eighty-sixth was stationed at West Harpeth, where it began getting out timber with which to repair a bridge.

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The history of the Eighty-sixth Illinois is their history, and they were to each other as a band of brothers.

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