SEXAGENARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sexagenarian mean? 

• SEXAGENARIAN (noun)
  The noun SEXAGENARIAN has 1 sense:

1. someone whose age is in the sixties

  Familiarity information: SEXAGENARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SEXAGENARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective SEXAGENARIAN has 1 sense:

1. being from 60 to 69 years old

  Familiarity information: SEXAGENARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEXAGENARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone whose age is in the sixties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sexagenarian" is a kind of...):

golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)

Derivation:

sexagenarian (being from 60 to 69 years old)

• SEXAGENARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being from 60 to 69 years old

Context example:

the sexagenarian population is growing

Similar:

old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)

Derivation:

sexagenarian (someone whose age is in the sixties)