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empty nester

or emp·ty-nest·er

noun

a parent whose children have reached adulthood and left home.

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Nearby words

  1. empty calorie,
  2. empty calories,
  3. empty cow,
  4. empty morph,
  5. empty nest,
  6. empty set,
  7. empty suit,
  8. empty word,
  9. empty-handed,
  10. empty-headed

Origin of empty nester

First recorded in 1960–65; empty nest + -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for empty-nester

empty-nester

noun

informal a married person whose children have grown up and left home
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