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septuagenarian

sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·an [ sèp too əjə nérree ən, sèp choo əjə nérree ən ]


noun  (plural sep·tu·a·ge·nar·i·ans)
Definition:
 
somebody in 8th decade of life: a person between 70 and 79 years of age



adjective 
Definition:
 
between 70 and 79: between 70 and 79 years old

[Early 18th century. < Latin septuaginarius< septuaginta "seventy"]
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