Definitions for: Fortnight

[n] a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"

Webster (1913) Definition: Fort"night` (?; in U.S. often ?; 277), n. [Contr.
fr. fourteen nights, our ancestors reckoning time by nights
and winters; so, also, seven nights, sennight, a week.]
The space of fourteen days; two weeks.

Synonyms: two weeks

See Also: period, period of time, time period