quinquagenarian

[ kwing-kwuh-juh-nair-ee-uhn, kwin- ]
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adjective
  1. 50 years of age.

  2. between the ages of 50 and 60.

noun
  1. a person who is 50 years old or whose age is between 50 and 60.

Origin of quinquagenarian

1
1560–70; <Latin quīnquāgēnāri(us) (see quinquagenary) + -an

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British Dictionary definitions for quinquagenarian

quinquagenarian

/ (ˌkwɪŋkwədʒɪˈnɛərɪən) /


noun
  1. a person between 50 and 59 years old

adjective
  1. being between 50 and 59 years old

  2. of or relating to a quinquagenarian

Origin of quinquagenarian

1
C16: from Latin quinquāgēnārius containing fifty, from quinquāgēnī fifty each

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