aftercareer
aftercareer noun: the career that follows a particular experience or stage in a person's life; later career.
Noun
aftercareer (plural aftercareers)
- The career that follows a particular experience or stage in a person's life; later career.
- In a youth entering life under the protection of such relations, who could have anticipated the future dramatist and poet laureat […]? In his after career, his early connections with the puritans, and the principles of his kinsmen during the civil wars and usurpation, were often made subjects of...1808, Walter Scott, “Life of John Dryden”, in The Works of John Dryden, volume 1, London: William Miller, page 38
- Nothing more happened to ruffle Mr Pontifex, so we had a delightful evening, which has often recurred to me while watching the after career of my godson.1903, Samuel Butler, chapter 18, in The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, page 80
Forms of aftercareer
| plural | aftercareers |
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Origin of aftercareer
From after- + career.
Questions about aftercareer
- What does aftercareer mean?
- Aftercareer means the career that follows a particular experience or stage in a person's life; later career.
- What part of speech is aftercareer?
- Aftercareer is a noun.
- What is the plural of aftercareer?
- The plural of aftercareer is aftercareers.
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