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RETIRED PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does retired person mean?
• RETIRED PERSON (noun)
The noun RETIRED PERSON has 1 sense:
1. someone who has retired from active working
Familiarity information: RETIRED PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has retired from active working
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
retired person; retiree
Hypernyms ("retired person" is a kind of...):
nonworker (a person who does nothing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retired person"):
emeritus (a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties)
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