twelvemonth
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Noun (1)
- a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days“she is 4 years old”“in the year 1920”Synonyms: yearyrType of time period, period of timeKinds fiscal year, calendar year, common year, leap year, Y2K, off year, church year, Holy Year, annum, year of grace +1 morePart of decade, decennary
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Twelve′month noun
A year which consists of twelve calendar months.
I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54