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senior citizen
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senior citizen
n.
A person of relatively advanced age, especially a person at or over the age of retirement.

senior-citi·zen (snyr-st-zn) adj.
senior citizenry n.

senior citizen
n
an old age pensioner
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.senior citizen - an elderly personsenior citizen - an elderly person                    
adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
ancient, antediluvian - a very old person
centenarian - someone who is at least 100 years old
curmudgeon - a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
dodderer - one who dodders from old age and weakness
dodo, fogey, fogy, fossil - someone whose style is out of fashion
dotard - an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
back-number, has-been - someone who is no longer popular
nonagenarian - someone whose age is in the nineties
octogenarian - someone whose age is in the eighties
old boy - a vivacious elderly man
graybeard, greybeard, old man, Methuselah - a man who is very old
old woman - a woman who is old
septuagenarian - someone whose age is in the seventies
sexagenarian - someone whose age is in the sixties

senior citizen
noun pensioner, retired person, old age pensioner, O.A.P., elder, old or elderly person I sat next to her at the Senior Citizens' Club yesterday.
Translations
senior citizen n (euph) (old person) → anziano/a; (pensioner) → pensionato/a

senior citizen شخص متقدم العمر, صاحب معاش كبير السن důchodce, starší občan pensionist Rentner, Senior συνταξιούχος, υπερήλικας pensionado de la tercera edad, pensionista de la tercera edad, persona de la tercera edad eläkeläinen, vanhuuseläkeläinen personne âgée, retraité osoba umirovljena zbog starosti, starija osoba anziano, pensionato 老齢年金受給者, 高齢者 노령의 연금수령자, 노인 65-plusser, gepensioneerde pensjonist emeryt, starsza osoba aposentado por idade, pessoa idosa пенсионер по старости, представитель старшего поколения pensionär คนชราเกษียนผู้รับบำนาญ, พลเมืองอาวุโส emekli, yaşlı vatandaş người già, người già hưởng lương hưu 老年公民, 领养老金的人


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