'Forty-niner' definitions:
Definition of 'forty-niner'
From: WordNet
noun
A miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
Definition of 'Forty-niner'
From: GCIDE
- Forty-niner \For`ty-nin"er\, n. One the miners who took part in the California gold rush in
- 1849; an argonaut. [Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]