seventy-first
[ sev-uhn-tee-furst ]
adjective
next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
being one of 71 equal parts.
noun
a seventy-first part, especially of one (1/71).
the seventy-first member of a series.
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How to use seventy-first in a sentence
This tragedy took place in the year 1749—strange to say, in the seventy-first year of Renata's age.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantA little later, in his seventy-first year, Confucius himself passed away, 479 b.c.
The Sayings Of Confucius | ConfuciusSo long ago as 1881 was published his sonnet to Tennyson on his seventy-first birthday.
Theodore Watts-Dunton | James DouglasAt the seventy-first Armory, a girl for every sailor of the fleet?
The Fall of a Nation | Thomas DixonDavid's vital energy began to decrease before he had attained his seventy-first year.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz
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