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Definition of Centenarians
1. centenarian [n] - See also: centenarian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centenarians
Literary usage of Centenarians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"In Canada the census at the same time showed 421 centenarians. Of these, only 82
could prove their citizenship, and of these only 9 were really one hundred ..."
2. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"MEDALS OF centenarians. EXTREME old age being a subject of considerable ...
The following short list, however, of medals of centenarians may be of interest ..."
3. Contributions to the Bacteriology of the Oyster by Woods Hutchinson, Hollis Godfrey, Rhode Island (State) Commissioners of shell-fisheries, Lester Angell Round (1914)
"CHAPTER VI centenarians THAT thy days may be long in the land" was a prophecy
which meets one of the most universal longings of the human heart. ..."
4. Echoes of Old Lancashire by William Edward Armytage Axon (1899)
"Arranged in tabular form, the following results are seen :— centenarians returned
at each successive census. England and Wales. Lancashire. 1841 . ..."
5. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1844)
"... from the single fact that the census gives a much higher ratio of centenarians
to our African than to our European race, that the two people constitute ..."
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