EMPTY NESTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does empty nester mean? 

• EMPTY NESTER (noun)
  The noun EMPTY NESTER has 1 sense:

1. a parent whose children have grown up and left home

  Familiarity information: EMPTY NESTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPTY NESTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parent whose children have grown up and left home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("empty nester" is a kind of...):

parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)