ninety-third
[ nahyn-tee-thurd ]
adjective
next after the ninety-second; being the ordinal number for 93.
being one of 93 equal parts.
noun
a ninety-third part, especially of one (1/93).
the ninety-third member of a series.
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How to use ninety-third in a sentence
He did not die till 1855, in his ninety-third year: the last, as he had been the first, of his group.
A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) | George SaintsburyOver in a corner there lay a few more; we had reached the one hundred and ninety-third, so there could not be many in the pile.
The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 | Roald AmundsenThe learned sergeant died in his ninety-third year without having made a second marriage.
A Book About Lawyers | John Cordy JeaffresonThe ninety-third lost 260 men in the Wilderness, out of 433.
Campfire and Battlefield | Rossiter Johnson"In his ninety-third year," added Mr. Mason, dryly, to his own sentence.
Some Persons Unknown | E. W. Hornung
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