thirteener

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A child who is thirteen years old.
  2. A member of the 13th Gen; a Generation Xer or Gen-Xer.
  3. The last playing card of a suit left after the other twelve have been played.
  4. A hit for thirteen runs.
  5. A coin worth thirteenpence, especially an Irish shilling (as contrasted with a British shilling which was worth twelvepence).
  6. A thirteen-syllable line or series of lines in a poem.
  7. A mountain rising to more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 metres) but less than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.

Pronunciation

/θɜːˈtiːnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thirteener.wav /θɜɹˈtinəɹ/

Word forms

thirteener thirteeners 13er

Etymology

From thirteen + -er (suffix denoting people characterized by something, or people or things to which certain measurements or numbers apply).

Related words

grade thirteener oner · twoer · fiver · sixer · Sevener · niner · tenner · elevener · twelver · fourteener · fifteener · sixteener · hundreder · thousander · twenty-five-thousander
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