"senior citizen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: senior citizens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} senior citizen (plural senior citizens)
  1. An old person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: senior [US], older adult [euphemistic], pensioner, old person Related terms: grey power Translations (old person): 老年人 (lǎo nián rén) (Chinese Mandarin), vanhus (Finnish), eläkeikäinen (Finnish), personne âgée [feminine] (French), sénior [feminine, masculine] (French), vieillard [masculine] (French), vieillarde [feminine] (French), Senior [masculine] (German), Seniorin [feminine] (German), eldri borgari (Icelandic), anziano [masculine] (Italian), anziana [feminine] (Italian), ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕ (hiriya nāgarika) [masculine] (Kannada), വയോധികന് (vayōdhikaṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), mātāpuputu (Maori), pāhake (Maori), kaumātua (Maori), ज्येष्ठ नागरिक (jyeṣṭha nāgrik) [masculine] (Marathi), senior [masculine] (Polish), seniorka [feminine] (Polish), idoso [masculine] (Portuguese), idosa [feminine] (Portuguese), adulto mayor [masculine] (Spanish), raia mwandamizi (Swahili), mtu mzee (Swahili)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "വയോധികന്"
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      "sense": "old person",
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      "sense": "old person",
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      "sense": "old person",
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      "sense": "old person",
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      "word": "adulto mayor"
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      "sense": "old person",
      "word": "raia mwandamizi"
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