forty niner

/ˈfɔrtiˌnaɪnər/
noun
  1. A person who took part in the California Gold Rush of 1849.
    • His great-grandfather was a forty-niner who settled in California.
    • The museum has exhibits about the lives of forty-niners.
    • Many forty-niners traveled west in search of gold.
  2. A member or fan of the San Francisco 49ers football team.
    • The forty-niners won the championship last season.
    • She wore a forty-niner jersey to the game.
    • He has been a forty-niner fan since childhood.
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