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Meaning of OCTOGENARIAN

Pronunciation:  `âktowji'nehreeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  someone whose age is in the eighties
  2. [adj]  being from 80 to 89 years old
 
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 Synonyms: old
 
 See Also: old person, oldster, senior citizen

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Oc`to*ge*na"ri*an\, n.
A person eighty years, or more, of age.
 
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