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pentagenarians

pentagenarians is the plural of pentagenarian.

Meaning of pentagenarian

Noun

pentagenarian (plural pentagenarians)

  1. (rare) A person between 50 and 59 years old.
    • The path of Youth is illumined and flooded with the sunshine of optimism, courage, and sincerity: it does not stand in need of such feeble and flickering candle-light as the musty, out-of-date “experience” of cynical and disillusioned pentagenarians and sexagenarians can provide.1934, Har Dayal, “[Ethical Culture] The Five Concentric Circles”, in Hints for Self-Culture, London: Watts & Co., […], page 277

Questions about pentagenarians

What is pentagenarians the plural of?
Pentagenarians is the plural of pentagenarian.

Words near pentagenarians in the dictionary

  1. pentagamists
  2. pentagamy
  3. pentagastrin
  4. pentagastrins
  5. pentagenarian
  6. pentagenarians
  7. pentagestrone
  8. pentaglot
  9. pentaglucoside
  10. pentaglucosides
  11. pentaglutamate

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