sixteener
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) During the , a child who, having reached the age of 16, was discharged from a soldiers' orphan school.
Etymology
Suffix from English sixteen.
Origin
English
sixteen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sixteen English
- sixteenfold English
- sixteenish English
- sixteenpence English
- sixteenpenny English
- sextene Middle English
- sikistin Tok Pisin
- sikistin Fanagalo
- sikstin Bislama