seventy-four

num, noun — 2 senses

seventy-four

num
1

The cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.

Synonyms
74, LXXIV, LXXIIII

seventy-four

noun
1

Historical A ship having seventy-four guns.

  • the ocean stream / Here and there studded with a seventy-four [...].1820, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section V:
  • For all the world like a seventy-four of the line, / Riding the swell and firing off Finisterre.1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows:

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