millennial

[ mil-len-ee-uhl ]

adjective

(often initial capital letter) noting or relating to the generation born in the 1980s or 1990s, especially in the U.S.

noun

(often initial capital letter) a person born in the 1980s or 1990s, especially in the U.S.; a member of Generation Y: Millennials are facing a deep economic crisis.

Origin of millennial

First recorded in 1655–65; millenni(um) + -al¹

These days, to be featured by Travel Noire on Instagram is like a badge of honor for many black millennial travelers.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement | Charlise Ferguson | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
The millennial Action Project (MAP) seeks to engage young people in politics and give them more of a voice in governing.
When Will We See a #Millennial Congress? | Linda Killian | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Leading the pack of millennial art wunderkinds is Idaho-native Akiane Kramarik, who began drawing at age two.
Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All | Justin Jones | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The suburbs are changing in ways that could help progressives, notably by becoming more heavily minority and millennial.
The Progressives’ War on Suburbia | Joel Kotkin | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Does any of this ancient history of the bellbottom era sound familiar to you, fellow millennial geeks?
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage | Arthur Chu | October 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Onlookers sent broadcast to every quarter accounts of the millennial harmony which presided over all.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
That these will be incorporated in millennial times, we have reason to believe.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
It is the millennial temple, that coming, earthly house to which the nations shall turn to worship the King.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
Both are absent in the millennial temple for what the silver and gold foreshadows is now realized in His redeemed earthly people.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein
God Himself will be the guardian and protector of this millennial sanctuary of His earthly people.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. Gaebelein

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