Definition of Nonagenarians

1. Noun. (plural of nonagenarian) ¹

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Definition of Nonagenarians

1. nonagenarian [n] - See also: nonagenarian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonagenarians

nonaffiliate
nonaffiliated
nonaffiliates
nonaffine
nonaffix
nonaffixes
nonaffluent
nonaficionado
nonaficionados
nonaflate
nonaflates
nonage
nonaged
nonageing
nonagenarian
nonagenarians (current term)
nonagency
nonagenda
nonages
nonagesimal
nonagesimals
nonagglutinative
nonaggregated
nonaggregating
nonaggression
nonaggressions
nonaggressive
nonaggressively
nonaggressor
nonaggressors

Literary usage of Nonagenarians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1828)
"Future returns may be expected to exhibit a greater number of nonagenarians, but the new doctrine is, that fewer people die in the earlier stages of ..."

2. Selections from the Imaginary Conversations of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1899)
"nonagenarians were Izaak Walton, Thomas Hobbes, and Samuel Rogers. Landor came within four months of ... We are not used to dealing with nonagenarians. ..."

3. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Colonel Perkins, of Connecticut, died recently after celebrating his centennial anniversary. Among nonagenarians, three whose names are well ..."

4. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile, Including a Side by Henry Stephens (1920)
"It is distant from the hotel by a seven and a half minutes' walk ; nonagenarians walk it in fifteen minutes. The signs, therefore, read "To the Bosque of ..."

5. Over the Teacups by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"Colonel Perkins, of Connecticut, died recently after celebrating his centennial anniversary. Among nonagenarians, three whose names are well ..."

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