'Seventeenth' definitions:

Definition of 'seventeenth'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Coming next after the sixteenth in position [syn: seventeenth, 17th]
noun
Position 17 in a countable series of things

Definition of 'Seventeenth'

From: GCIDE
  • Seventeenth \Sev"en*teenth`\, a. [From Seventeen: cf. AS. seofonte['o][eth]a, seofonteoge[eth]a.]
  • 1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. [1913 Webster]
  • In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. --Gen. vii. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Seventeenth'

From: GCIDE
  • Seventeenth \Sev"en*teenth`\, n.
  • 1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third. [1913 Webster]