forty niner
/ˈfɔrtiˌnaɪnər/
noun
- 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.
- 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.