Meaning of forty-eighter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848.
   historical
2. Alternative letter-case form of forty-eighter.
   alt-of
3. An early participant of the California Gold Rush, arriving in California in 1848.
   historical

Examples

“The Wisconsin Republicans sought to placate the Germans by nominating the forty-eighter Karl Roeser as state treasurer.”

“The forty-eighters were already in California when the gold rush of forty-nine brought thousands of people […]”

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