ninety-third

[ nahyn-tee-thurd ]

/ ˈnaɪn tiˈθɜrd /

next after the ninety-second; being the ordinal number for 93.

being one of 93 equal parts.

a ninety-third part, especially of one (1/93).

the ninety-third member of a series.

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We of the Ninety-Third enlisted to fight men with arms in their hands.
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59|William Forbes-Mitchell
The company of the Ninety-Third lost heavily, having one officer wounded and sixteen men killed or wounded.
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59|William Forbes-Mitchell
At these games the Ninety-Third carried off all the first prizes for putting the shot, throwing the hammer, and tossing the caber.
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59|William Forbes-Mitchell
He then rushed at Mr. Joiner, the quartermaster of the Ninety-Third, firing his carbine, but missing.
Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59|William Forbes-Mitchell

Over 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 Amundsen