Forty-eighter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848. historical

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

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of forty-eighter. alt-of
  3. 3
    An early participant of the California Gold Rush, arriving in California in 1848. historical

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

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

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