Definition of twenty–one
1 : a number that is one more than 20 — see number table
2 [translation of French vingt-et-un] : blackjack 5
twenty–one
adjectivetwenty–one
pronoun, plural in constructionFrom the M-W Editors
Circa 1611
First Known Use of twenty–one
circa 1611
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