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noun
a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
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Origin of baby boomer

First recorded in 1970–75; baby boom + -er1
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baby-boomer

noun
a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55
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