senior citizen

English

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.

   Synonyms: (US) senior, (euphemism) older adult, pensioner; see also Thesaurus:old person

   Coordinate terms: pensioner, retiree

   • 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 209:

     Good news for senior citizens: Death is near!

Translations

old person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老年人 (lǎo nián rén)

• Finnish: vanhus (fi), eläkeikäinen (fi)
• French: personne âgée (fr) f, sénior (fr) m or f, vieillard (fr) m, vieillarde (fr) f
• German: Senior (de) m, Seniorin (de) f
• Icelandic: eldri borgari
• Italian: anziano (it) m, anziana (it) f
• Kannada: ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕ m (hiriya nāgarika)
• Malayalam: വയോധികന് m (vayōdhikaṉ)
• Maori: mātāpuputu, pāhake, kaumātua
• Marathi: ज्येष्ठ नागरिक m (jyeṣṭha nāgrik)
• Polish: senior (pl) m, seniorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: idoso (pt) m, idosa (pt) f
• Spanish: adulto mayor m
• Swahili: raia mwandamizi, mtu mzee

See also

• grey power