septuagenarian
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sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·an
(sĕp′to͞o-ə-jə-nâr′ē-ən, -tyo͞o-, -cho͞o-)n.
A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80.
adj.
1. Being 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80.
2. Of or relating to a septuagenarian.
[From Latin septuāgēnārius, of the number seventy, from septuāgēnī, seventy each, from septuāgintā, seventy; see Septuagint.]
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septuagenarian
(ˌsɛptjʊədʒɪˈnɛərɪən) orseptuagenary
n
a person who is from 70 to 79 years old
adj
1. being between 70 and 79 years old
2. of or relating to a septuagenarian
[C18: from Latin septuāgēnārius, from septuāgēnī seventy each, from septuāgintā seventy]
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sep•tu•a•ge•nar•i•an
(ˌsɛp tʃu ə dʒəˈnɛər i ən, -tu-, -tyu-)adj.
1. of the age of 70 or between 70 and 80.
n. 2. a septuagenarian person.
[1705–15; < Latin septuāgēnāri(us) (septuāgēn(ī) seventy each, distributive of septuāgintā seventy + -ārius -ary) + -an1]
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Translations
sedmdesátník
hetvenéves
maîur á áttræîisaldri
septyniasdešimtmetis
septiņdesmitgadīgais
yetmişlik kimse
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septuagenarian
adj → siebzigjährig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
septuagenarian
[ˌsɛptjʊədʒɪˈnɛərɪən] n (frm) → settuagenario/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
septuagenarian
(septjuədʒiˈneəriən) , ((American) -tʃuə-) noun a person from seventy to seventy-nine years old.
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