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centenarian
OXFORD DICTIONARY
centenarian, n. & adj.
--n. a person a hundred or more years old.
--adj. a hundred or more years old.
--n. a person a hundred or more years old.
--adj. a hundred or more years old.
THESAURUS
centenarian
C, Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, bicentenary, bicentennial, cental, centare, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram, centimeter, centipede, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir, centumvirate, centurion, century, cwt, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, gross, hecatomb, hundred, hundredweight, long hundred, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, one C, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial, sexagenarian, tercentenary, tercentennial, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteranROGET THESAURUS
centenarian
Veteran
N veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard, grandfather, grandsire, grandam, gaffer, gammer, crone, pantaloon, sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, old stager, dotard, preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr, elders, forefathers, superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.For further exploring for "centenarian" in Webster Dictionary Online