Septuagenarian
[sep-tə-wə-jə-NER-ee-ən]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, 18th century
1.
A person who is from 70 to 79 years old.
Examples of Septuagenarian in a sentence
"The audience of mostly septuagenarians wanted to hear the band’s hit songs from the 1960s."
"I hope that by the time I am a septuagenarian, I can retire near the beach."
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