Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixteener

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: six-teen-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school.

Etymology

From sixteen + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sixteen

Inflected Forms

sixteeners (plural)

Questions

What does sixteener mean?: During the American Civil War, a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school.
Where does sixteener come from?: From sixteen + -er.

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