octogenarian
noun
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən 
: a person whose age is in the eighties
The octogenarian uses a cane for walking.
octogenarian
adjective
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No matter who wins, a widely unpopular octogenarian will serve in the White House next term.
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Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
The octogenarian was walking on E. 27th St. near Third Ave.about 1:50 p.m., when Johnson pushed her chest, sending her to the pavement.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
The recent news that two octogenarians — Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont, 82, and Angus King of Maine, 80 — are each running for another six-year term generated little in the way of criticism or worry over age of the kind that Mr. Biden has faced.
—Kayla Guo, New York Times, 17 May 2024
By midcentury, one in ten of the country’s people will be an octogenarian or above.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
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Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
The octogenarian was walking on E. 27th St. near Third Ave.about 1:50 p.m., when Johnson pushed her chest, sending her to the pavement.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
The recent news that two octogenarians — Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont, 82, and Angus King of Maine, 80 — are each running for another six-year term generated little in the way of criticism or worry over age of the kind that Mr. Biden has faced.
—Kayla Guo, New York Times, 17 May 2024
By midcentury, one in ten of the country’s people will be an octogenarian or above.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
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octogenarian
noun
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən
: a person whose age is between 80 and 89
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octogenarian
noun
oc·to·ge·nar·i·an
ˌäk-tə-jə-ˈner-ē-ən
: a person whose age is in the eighties
octogenarian
adjective
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