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fivescore

num · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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num

Meaning 1

hundred

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. (Martin Luther King Jr., 1963, I have a dream)

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From five + score.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: cinq vingts — hundred