Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
quinquagenarian .
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Examples
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New Left Review's fiftieth anniversary (or "quinquagenary") issue, John Lanchester talks to the NS about his book on the financial crisis,
New Statesman 2010
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Philoxene’s letter to her cousin, and the moment she had read the answer, rather too explicit for her quinquagenary vanity, she sent for the banker and made close inquiries as to the exact fortune of Monsieur Mignon.
Modeste Mignon 2007
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