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RETIRED PERSON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retired person mean? 

RETIRED PERSON (noun)
  The noun RETIRED PERSON has 1 sense:

1. someone who has retired from active workingplay

  Familiarity information: RETIRED PERSON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RETIRED PERSON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has retired from active working

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

retired person; retiree

Hypernyms ("retired person" is a kind of...):

nonworker (a person who does nothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "retired person"):

emeritus (a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties)


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