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1780S
Dictionary entry overview: What does 1780s mean?
• 1780S (noun)
The noun 1780S has 1 sense:
1. the decade from 1780 to 1789
Familiarity information: 1780S used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The decade from 1780 to 1789
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("1780s" is a kind of...):
Context examples
The Boston Globe reports the Duke of Richmond is believed to have been the original owner of the parchment which the researchers dated to the 1780s.
(Parchment Copy of Declaration of Independence Found in Small British Town, VOA)
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