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CENTENARIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centenarian mean?
• CENTENARIAN (noun)
The noun CENTENARIAN has 1 sense:
1. someone who is at least 100 years old
Familiarity information: CENTENARIAN used as a noun is very rare.
• CENTENARIAN (adjective)
The adjective CENTENARIAN has 1 sense:
1. being at least 100 years old
Familiarity information: CENTENARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is at least 100 years old
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("centenarian" is a kind of...):
golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)
Derivation:
centenarian (being at least 100 years old)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being at least 100 years old
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Derivation:
centenarian (someone who is at least 100 years old)
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