senior citizen
noun
an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
senior citizenship
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a word derived from
senior citizen.
Example Sentences
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They’re not nonagenarians — most are in their 50s and 60s — but they’re doing perilous airborne tricks, some well into senior citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
That has enraged a number of H.I.V. survivors who have reached senior citizenship.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2020
“Oh no!” shrieked a sensitive and impressionable younger friend, for whom, at 32, automatic senior citizenship seems like an impossibly distant and heartbreaking benchmark.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
In 2014, nearing senior citizenship, with three grown sons, 38, 30, 27.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2015
I adopted the ultimate signifier of senior citizenship.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2014
