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retiree U.S.|rɪtaɪəˈriː|
[f. retire v. + -ee1.]
One who has retired from a business or occupation; a pensioner.
1945W. Pegler in Times-Herald (Washington) 3 Oct. 9/1 How many amputees were there, General Bradley wanted to know, resorting to a ghastly form that has given us, also, trainees, dischargees, and retirees. 1962Economist 29 Dec. 1278/1 The ‘retirees’, people of modest means drawn from all parts of the United States. 1967Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 10 May (1970) 516 One of the retirees of the ILGWU..came up to me with a big bouquet of yellow roses. 1972C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia xvii. 102 The couple..were..retirees for whom living on a sail⁓boat was apparently a life's dream. 1975‘G. Black’ Big Wind ii. 24 The retiree kept spraying my face with fury as he told me. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 3 Oct. 18a/4 Waves of retirees have headed for country parts of Missouri. |