senior citizen
Americannoun
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senior citizens
plural
noun
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Origin of senior citizen
First recorded in 1935–40
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More than 53 million elderly people were receiving senior citizen allowances and subsidies by the end of 2025, according to official figures.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The world might look and think it sees some nice, dismissible senior citizen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
If I wasn’t so scared of tumbling into the ocean, I would have laughed at the fact that a woman who was technically a senior citizen was the one assisting a twentysomething.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I just want them to pay me back my hard earned money,” the complainant wrote, “since I am a retired senior citizen who happened to love this country.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Ah, yes. The notorious Mr. Huxley. He’s the one who tore down a senior citizen housing complex to build a shiny mall full of ridiculously expensive shops.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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