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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848..
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 […]
Use forty-eighter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forty-eighter means (historical) A European who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848..
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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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