Meanings
forty-eighter1
nounforty-eighter (plural forty-eighters)
plural forty-eighters · alternative Forty-Eighter · alternative 48er
- historicalA European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848.
The Wisconsin Republicans sought to placate the Germans by nominating the forty-eighter Karl Roeser as state treasurer.
2001, Frank Trommler, Elliott Shore, editors, The German-American Encounter […] , Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 27 - historicalAn early participant of the California Gold Rush, arriving in California in 1848.
The forty-eighters were already in California when the gold rush of forty-nine brought thousands of people […]
2008, Edward Joseph Beverly, editor, Chasing the Sun: A Reader's Guide to Novels Set in the American West, Sunstone Press, →ISBN, page 236
Forty-Eighter2
nounForty-Eighter (plural Forty-Eighters)
plural Forty-Eighters
- Alternative letter-case form of forty-eighter.
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