centenarian

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/ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/

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/ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/ · /ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/ · /ˌsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/

Definition of centenarian

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

One who or that which is at least 100 years old.

“The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.”
“He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.”
“Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.”

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noun

One who or that which is at least 100 years old.

“The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.”
“He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.”
“Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.”

adj

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Latin centēnārius + -an, equivalent to centenary (“100 year, 100th anniversary”) + -an (“person”).

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