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Prefixed to a numeral, as number six, number 42, etc., for the purpose of designating things or persons by the place assigned to them in an…
= number, n. compounds 3a. Cf. numero uno, n.
figurative. With reference to the exchanges and contributions constituting a debate, argument, controversy, etc. Frequently in round two, typically…