twenty-first

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adjective

1
: being number 21 in a countable series
the twenty-first day
see Table of Numbers
2
: being one of 21 equal parts into which something is divisible
a twenty-first share of the money

twenty-first

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noun

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1
: number 21 in a countable series
the twenty-first of the month
2
: the quotient of a unit divided by 21 : one of 21 equal parts of something
one twenty-first of the total

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