"baby boomer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: baby boomers [plural]
Etymology: From baby boom + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|baby boom|-er|id2=occupation}} baby boom + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} baby boomer (plural baby boomers)
  1. (sometimes capitalized) A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s), when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II. Tags: capitalized, sometimes Categories (topical): Baby boomers, People Synonyms: boomer, baby-boomer, babyboomer Hyponyms: Joneser (english: usually hyponymous) Derived forms: echo boomer, grandboomer Related terms: baby buster Translations (person born after Second World War): 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期出生的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 第二次世界大战后生育高峰期出生的人 (dì èr cì shìjiè dàzhàn hòu shēngyù gāofēngqī chūshēng de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), 嬰兒潮一代 (Chinese Mandarin), 婴儿潮一代 (yīng'ércháoyīdài) (Chinese Mandarin), babyboomer (Dutch), suurten ikäluokkien edustaja (Finnish), suuriin ikäluokkiin kuuluva (english: individual) (Finnish), suuret ikäluokat (english: baby boomers as generation) [plural] (Finnish), bébé-boumeur [masculine] (French), bébé-boumeuse [feminine] (French), baby boomer (english: anglicism) (French), baby-boomer (english: anglicism) (French), Babyboomer [masculine] (German), Babyboomerin [feminine] (German), παιδί της μεταπολίτευσης (paidí tis metapolítefsis) [neuter] (Greek), μπούμερ (boúmer) [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Greek), בייבי בומר (Hebrew), a baby boom generáció tagja (Hungarian), Ratkó-gyerek (referring to the Ratkó period) (note: in Hungarian history) (Hungarian), baby boomer [masculine] (Italian), ベビーブーマー (bebībūmā) (Japanese), 団塊の世代 (Japanese), 베이비 부머 (beibi bumeo) (Korean), baby boomer [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), бэ́би-бу́мер (bɛ́bi-búmer) [masculine] (Russian), generácia baby boomers (Slovak), baby boomer (Spanish), babyboomare [common-gender] (Swedish), köttberg [neuter] (Swedish), בעיבי בומער (beybi bumer) [masculine] (Yiddish), בייבי בומער (beybi bumer) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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          "note": "челове́к, роди́вшийся в пери́од демографи́ческого взры́ва",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μπούμερ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "בייבי בומר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "a baby boom generáció tagja"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "in Hungarian history",
      "roman": "referring to the Ratkó period",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "Ratkó-gyerek"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baby boomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bebībūmā",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "ベビーブーマー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "団塊の世代"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beibi bumeo",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "베이비 부머"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baby boomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "no exact terms exists",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "челове́к, роди́вшийся в пери́од демографи́ческого взры́ва",
      "roman": "čelovék, rodívšijsja v períod demografíčeskovo vzrýva",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bɛ́bi-búmer",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бэ́би-бу́мер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "generácia baby boomers"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "word": "baby boomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "babyboomare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "köttberg"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "beybi bumer",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בעיבי בומער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "beybi bumer",
      "sense": "person born after Second World War",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "בייבי בומער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baby boomer"
}

Download raw JSONL data for baby boomer meaning in English (7.6kB)

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