IN'TEGER, noun [Latin See Entire.] The whole of any thing; particularly, in arithmetic, a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction. Thus in the number 54.7, in decimal arithmetic, 54 is an integer and 7 a fraction, or seven tenths of a unit.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.