Definition of 17:

• being one more than sixteen

Usage examples for 17

1. 17, R. V. margin.  Friendship by Hugh Black

2. The stadholder, at the head of a force of 17, 000 infantry and 4000 horse, first made himself master of Venloo and Roeremonde and then advanced upon Maestricht.  History of Holland by George Edmundson

3. 17. Oliver didn't know what to do about Suzanne.  O+F by John Moncure Wetterau

4. If you will see that my trunks get off on the 4: 17 I shall be obliged to you.  The Dude Wrangler by Caroline Lockhart

5. 17. Though gods they were, as men they died.  Practical Exercises in English by Huber Gray Buehler