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Definition of "septuagenarian" [sep•tu•a•ge•na•ri•an]

  • A person who is 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80. (noun)
  • Being 70 years old or between the ages of 70 and 80. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a septuagenarian. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "septuagenarian" in a sentence
  • "Wine he calls a septuagenarian, the letters of the Hebrew word for wine (_yayin_) representing seventy, and water a nonagenarian, because _mayim_ (water) represents ninety:"
  • "Does his reference to me as a "septuagenarian" imply that I am unqualified to state facts and undeserving to benefit from Social Security and Medicare that I pay for with "earned income?""
  • "Mr. Dupnik's rhetoric stands in sharp contrast to Arizona's other outspoken septuagenarian cop, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, about 100 miles northwest of here."
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