/ ˌseptjuədʒəˈneəriən; NAmE -tʃuədʒəˈner-/ noun
( formal ) a person between 70 and 79 years old
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Latin septuagenarius (based on septuaginta seventy) + -an .
/ ˌseptjuədʒəˈneəriən; NAmE -tʃuədʒəˈner-/ noun
( formal ) a person between 70 and 79 years old
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Latin septuagenarius (based on septuaginta seventy) + -an .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005