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senior citizens

senior citizens is the plural of senior citizen.

Meaning of senior citizen

Noun

senior citizen (plural senior citizens)

  1. An elderly person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age.
    • Good news for senior citizens: Death is near!2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 209

Questions about senior citizens

What is senior citizens the plural of?
Senior citizens is the plural of senior citizen.

Words near senior citizens in the dictionary

  1. senior chief petty officer
  2. senior chief petty officers
  3. senior chief warrant officer
  4. Senior Circuit
  5. senior citizen
  6. senior citizens
  7. senior college
  8. senior colleges
  9. senior colonel
  10. senior colonels
  11. Senior Counsel

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