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Fortnight : (noun)
1: a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis
tournaments last a fortnight" [syn: two weeks]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Fortnight : \Fort"night`\ (?; in U.S. often ?; 277), n. [Contr.
fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights
and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.]
The space of fourteen days; two weeks.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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