baby-boomer

Noun

baby boomer (plural baby boomers)

1. (Canada, US, capitalized, sometimes) A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
   • The baby boomers, Americans born between 1946 and 1961, are increasingly discovering that the cohorts with whom they crowded into maternity wards, elementary schools, colleges and entry-level jobs are now clogging the fast track to the top as well, demographers say.1982 January 10, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Baby Boom Comes of Age”, in New York Times

   Synonyms:

   boomer