septuagenarian

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  1. noun A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80.
  2. adjective Being 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80.
  3. adjective Of or relating to a septuagenarian.

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  • But now she was a septuagenarian, she'd stopped driving. —  Carmen Agra Deedy spins stories
  • He would have to introduce this—this septuagenarian: “This is my son, born early this morning.” And then the old man would gather his blanket around him and they would plod on, past the bustling stores, the slave market—for a dark instant Mr. Button wished passionately that his son was black—past the luxurious houses of the residential district, past the home for the aged Come! —  Tales of the Jazz Age
  • Here's this septuagenarian, driving 20-year-olds crazy in their seats as he travels from song to song that they love as much as their grandparents did. —  Long Island Press
  • When last we visited with Corky Simpson, the septuagenarian was taking a beating for inexplicably leaving Rickey Henderson off of his Hall of Fame ballot. —  River Avenue Blues
  • One septuagenarian, Bryn Mawr '29, knew where all the bodies in the county were buried but she could never get it out of her typewriter. —  The American Spectator
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  1. From Latin septuāgēnārius, of the number seventy, from septuāgēnī, seventy each, from septuāgintā, seventy; see Septuagint.

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  1. from septuagenary + -an.
 

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