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septuagenarian
CIDE DICTIONARY
septuagenarian, n.
A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
septuagenarian, n. & adj.
--n. a person from 70 to 79 years old.
--adj. of this age.
--n. a person from 70 to 79 years old.
--adj. of this age.
Etymology
L septuagenarius f. septuageni distributive of septuaginta seventy
THESAURUS
septuagenarian
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