ager

American  

[ey-jer] / ˈeɪ dʒər /

noun

1. Often Ager a person living in a certain historical age.

   a Gilded Ager;

   Stone Agers.

2. Often Ager a person who embraces a certain cultural movement.

   New Agers.

3. a person in a certain period or stage of human life.

4. a thing that ages something.

   Sunlight is a skin ager.

5. a worker who inspects electric lamps.

6. an apparatus filled with steam through which dyed cloth is passed in order to fix the dye.

7. a worker who stabilizes the electrical properties of a device by passing a current through it.

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Etymology

Origin of ager

First recorded in 1880–85; age ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Super ager status was partly determined by memory performance.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

“It’s shocking to me how many people consider themselves a solo ager and say, ‘I just can’t do an estate plan.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

"This gives us confidence that the HAM Index can truly predict who is a healthy ager versus a rapid ager."

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager — unhallowed open territory.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

She spoke with the earnestness that only a teen ager could truly have.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng