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| senior citizen |
| 1. n. An old person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age. |
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| Analysis |
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| senior |
| 1. adj. Older; superior |
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| senior citizen |
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| 2. adj. Higher in rank, dignity, or office. |
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| senior member; senior counsel |
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| 3. adj. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university. |
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| Citizen |
| 1. n. A pupil of City of London School |
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| 2. n. (obsolete) A resident of a city or town, particularly: |
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| 3. n. (historical) A freeman or burgher: a legally-recognized member of an incorporated city. |
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| 4. n. (obsolete) A member of the early modern urban middle class, distinguished from nobles and landed gentry on one side and from peasants, craftsmen, and l |
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| 5. n. (Christianity) A resident or future resident of the heavenly city or (later) of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian. |
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