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cusper

cusper noun: a person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.

Noun

cusper (plural cuspers)

  1. A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
    • Millennial cusper
    • When the younger of their two overlapping generations feels like it's not being heard, a Cusper can provide a voice.2004, Linda A Panszczyk, HR How-To—Intergenerational Issues
  2. A person born on a day at a junction of star signs.
    • And if you were borm on those tricky days which fall between two signs — like 23 December, or 21 May — then you are called a ‘cusper’, a person born on the cusp of two signs, and said to partake a little bit of both.1989, Liz Greene, Astrology for Lovers, Red Wheel Weiser, →ISBN

Forms of cusper

pluralcuspers

Origin of cusper

From cusp + -er.

Questions about cusper

What does cusper mean?
Cusper means a person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
What part of speech is cusper?
Cusper is a noun.
What is the plural of cusper?
The plural of cusper is cuspers.

Words near cusper in the dictionary

  1. cuspate
  2. cuspated
  3. cuspation
  4. cuspations
  5. cusped
  6. cusper
  7. cuspers
  8. cuspes
  9. cuspform
  10. cuspforms
  11. cuspid

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