seventeenth(n = noun.linkdef) - position 17 in a countable series of things;
is a kind of rank
Derived form adjective seventeenth1
seventeenth(s = adj.all) 17th - coming next after the sixteenth in position;
Derived form noun seventeenth1
1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. [1913 Webster]
"In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up." [1913 Webster]
2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided. [1913 Webster]
1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. [1913 Webster]
2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. [1913 Webster]
3. An interval of two octaves and a third. [1913 Webster]