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49er derives from 1849, the California Gold Rush and is used to describe the gold prospectors that came to California during the gold rush (see Category:People of the California Gold Rush).

"49er" may also refer to:

• San Francisco 49ers, a professional American football team
• The Charlotte 49ers, the athletic teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• The athletic teams of California State University, Long Beach
• 49er (dinghy), a class of racing dinghy
• 49ers (band), a former Italian Italo house and Eurodance project
• The 49ers, a current Japanese hip hop/indie group
• Forty Niner (horse), American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Top 10: The Forty-Niners, a graphic novel by Alan Moore and Gene Ha
• The athletic teams of Yuba College
• The Forty-Niners, a group of shōjo manga artists also known as the Year 24 Group
• The code given to ordinary members of a Triad

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