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baby boomers

baby boomers is the plural of baby boomer.

Meaning of 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

Noun capitalized: Baby Boomers

Baby Boomers

  1. (plural) plural of Baby Boomer

Questions about baby boomers

What is baby boomers the plural of?
Baby boomers is the plural of baby boomer.
What part of speech is baby boomers?
Baby boomers is a noun.

Words near baby boomers in the dictionary

  1. baby boo
  2. baby book
  3. baby books
  4. baby boom
  5. baby boomer
  6. baby boomers
  7. baby boomlet
  8. baby boomlets
  9. baby booms
  10. baby bottle
  11. baby bottles

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