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- adjective denoting a quantity consisting of one more than fourteen and one less than sixteen; -- representing the number fifteen as Arabic numerals.
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- noun The cardinal number
fifteen . - noun tennis score after a player has scored one point in a
game
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- adjective being one more than fourteen
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
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ruzuzu commented on the word 15
"'The '15', 'the '45'. The Jacobite risings of 1715 & 1745 are so remote that there is now some affectation in speaking of them by these names except in historical novels."
From A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler.
January 1, 2010