The quality of being or coming third.

plural of thirding

(UK, law) One third of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, paid to the lord as a heriot.

Alternative form of this, that, and the other

Alternative form of this, that, and the other

The ordinal form of the number twenty-three.

The person or thing in the twenty-third position. / One of twenty-three equal parts of a whole.

Of or from the Third World.

(historical, politics) Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War. / (sometimes derogatory) The developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.

(linguistics, with "the") The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.