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gerontonyms

gerontonyms is the plural of gerontonym.

Meaning of gerontonym

Noun

gerontonym (plural gerontonyms)

  1. A term, title, or name used for an old person (or set of people).
    • The Kenyah do not formally recognize any change in the individual's life, other than the acquiring of grandchildren, as a factor in the use of the gerontonym, but most people who are known by gerontonyms are beginning to "retire."1981, Patricia Ruth Whittier, Systems of Appellation Among the Kenyah Dayak of Borneo

Questions about gerontonyms

What is gerontonyms the plural of?
Gerontonyms is the plural of gerontonym.

Words near gerontonyms in the dictionary

  1. gerontologists
  2. gerontology
  3. gerontomorphic
  4. gerontomorphosis
  5. gerontonym
  6. gerontonyms
  7. gerontophagy
  8. gerontophile
  9. gerontophiles
  10. gerontophilia
  11. gerontophiliac

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