forty-eighter
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English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]forty-eighter (plural forty-eighters)
- (historical) A European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848.
- (historical) An early participant of the California Gold Rush, arriving in California in 1848.
- Coordinate term: forty-niner
Further reading
[edit]- Forty-Eighters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia