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  • baby boomer
    baby boomer
    noun
    a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
  • baby-boomer
    baby-boomer
    noun
    a person born during a baby boom, esp (in Britain and the US) one born during the years 1945–55

baby boomer

American  

noun

  1. a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.


baby-boomer British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of baby boomer

First recorded in 1970–75; baby boom + -er 1

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