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

sexagenarian

noun

/ˌseksədʒəˈneəriən/

/ˌseksədʒəˈneriən/

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a person between 60 and 69 years old
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin sexagenarius (based on sexaginta ‘sixty’) + -an.

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