[sev-uh
n-teen] 
| 1. | a cardinal number, 10 plus 7. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things. |
| 4. | amounting to 17 in number. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter, italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington. |
| sev·en·teen (sěv'ən-tēn') n.
[Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīne; see sept  in Indo-European roots.]sev'en·teen' adj. & pron. |