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Definition of septuagenarian noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

septuagenarian

noun
 
/ˌseptjuədʒəˈneəriən/
 
/ˌseptʃuədʒəˈneriən/
(formal)
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  1. a person between 70 and 79 years old
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin septuagenarius (based on septuaginta ‘seventy’) + -an.
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