"retiree" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹəˈtaɪ.ə(ɹ)ˌiː/ [UK] Forms: retirees [plural]
Etymology: retire + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retire|ee}} retire + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} retiree (plural retirees)
  1. Someone who has retired from active working. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: pensioner, retirer Derived forms: early retiree Translations (someone who has retired from active working): مُتَقَاعِد (mutaqāʕid) [masculine] (Arabic), xubiláu (Asturian), pensiyaçı (Azerbaijani), təqaüdçü (Azerbaijani), ပင်စင်စား (pangcangca:) (Burmese), jubilat [masculine] (Catalan), jubilada [feminine] (Catalan), 退休人員 (Chinese Mandarin), 退休人员 (tuìxiū rényuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 退職的 (retired) (Chinese Mandarin), 退职的 (tuìzhí-de) (Chinese Mandarin), 退休的 (tuìxiū-de) (Chinese Mandarin), eläkeläinen (Finnish), retraité [masculine] (French), xubilado [masculine] (Galician), xubilada [feminine] (Galician), Rentner [masculine] (German), Rentnerin [feminine] (German), Ruheständler [masculine] (German), Ruheständlerin [feminine] (German), nyugdíjas (Hungarian), pensionato [masculine] (Italian), 退職者 (taishokusha) (alt: たいしょくしゃ) (Japanese), karkenar (Northern Kurdish), emekdar (Northern Kurdish), malnişîn (Northern Kurdish), xanenişîn (Northern Kurdish), gandanket (Northern Kurdish), teqawid (Northern Kurdish), pensjonist [masculine] (Norwegian), emeryt [masculine] (Polish), emerytka [feminine] (Polish), aposentado [masculine] (Portuguese), pensionar [masculine] (Romanian), pensionară [feminine] (Romanian), пенсионе́р (pensionér) [masculine] (Russian), пенсионе́рка (pensionérka) [feminine] (Russian), jubilado [masculine] (Spanish), pensionista [masculine] (Spanish), jubileta [Spain, colloquial, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), người về hưu (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "word": "emekdar"
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "word": "malnişîn"
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "word": "xanenişîn"
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "word": "teqawid"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "emerytka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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      "word": "aposentado"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pensionar"
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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      "word": "pensionară"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pensionér",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пенсионе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pensionérka",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пенсионе́рка"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jubilado"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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      "word": "pensionista"
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      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
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      "word": "jubileta"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "someone who has retired from active working",
      "word": "người về hưu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "retiree"
}

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