The phrase "eighteenth century" refers to the period of time between 1700 and 1799. It is the century that followed the seventeenth century and came before the nineteenth century. Full definition
Official Premise: A female vampire with lesbian tendencies ravages the young girls and townsfolk of a peaceful hamlet in eighteenth century Europe who, years earlier, killed off her fellow vampires. (mediamikes.com)
This imposing fireplace surround is an authentic reproduction of eighteenth century French style. (idealhome.co.uk)
A republican tradition without either The Federalist Papers or The Social Contract, texts which are clearly central to the two great republican revolutions of the late eighteenth century in France and North America, would be rather poor though. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)