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1800s en · NOUN

(plural, plural-only) The period from 1800 to 1899, almost the same period as the nineteenth century (which, however, was from year 1801 to 1900).
- The converted code will be able to handle dates that span centuries (1800s, 1900s, and 2000s at least). 1996, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Engineering, page 476:
- In the early 1800s, Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, proposed, in a series of jargon-filled writings, a self-sufficient community model called a “phalanx.” […] By the mid-1800s, more than 15,000 Americans had experimented with Fourieristic living, many drawn to its promise during a severe economic downturn. 2009 April 16, Jon Mooallem, “The End Is Near! (Yay!)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2023:
- The largest owner of tea lands on the island in the late 1800s (and Taiwan’s single wealthiest family) were the Lins of Pan-ch’iao. Along with other great familial and corporate landowners, the Pan-ch’iao Lins drew income from renting their properties under a flexible, sophisticated contractual system of land tenure. 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:
(form-of, plural) plural of 1800
form of 1800
(plural, plural-only) The period from 1800 to 1809, almost the same period as the 1st decade of the 19th century (which, however was the years 1801 to 1810).