CENTENARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centenarian mean? 

• CENTENARIAN (noun)
  The noun CENTENARIAN has 1 sense:

1. someone who is at least 100 years old

  Familiarity information: CENTENARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• CENTENARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective CENTENARIAN has 1 sense:

1. being at least 100 years old

  Familiarity information: CENTENARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTENARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is at least 100 years old

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("centenarian" is a kind of...):

golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)

Derivation:

centenarian (being at least 100 years old)

• CENTENARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being at least 100 years old

Similar:

old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)

Derivation:

centenarian (someone who is at least 100 years old)