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centenarian
Centenarian (noun) means a person, or occasionally a thing, that has reached the age of 100 or more.
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A person, or occasionally a thing, that has reached the age of 100 or more.
"With an estimated worldwide population of some 40,000 centenarians, only 22 percent are male."
— Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors) (1994)
"Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper."
— Gregg Easterbrook, What Happens When We All Live to 100? (2014)
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Etymology
From Latin centēnārius plus -an, equivalent to centenary ("100 year, 100th anniversary") plus -an ("person").
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"centenarian" (noun) means a person, or occasionally a thing, that has reached the age of 100 or more.
