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quinquagenarian, n. and a.|ˌkwɪnkwədʒɪˈnɛərɪən|
[f. as next + -an.]
A. n.
†1. A captain of fifty men. Obs. rare.
1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 130 Moses did then appoint them..Centurians, Quinquagenarians, and Decans. 1609Bible (Douay) Exod. xviii. 21 Centurions, and quinquagenarians, and deanes.
2. A person aged fifty; or between fifty and sixty.
1843New Mirror (cited in Cent. Dict.).
B. adj.
†1. Commanding fifty men. Obs. rare.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 356 Two Quinquagenarian Captains. 1629Mabbe tr. Fonseca's Dev. Contemp. 592 One Elias consumed with fire Ahabs Quinquagenarian Captaines and their souldiers.
2. Of fifty years of age; characteristic of one who is fifty years old.
1822New Monthly Mag. V. 46 The quinquagenarian bachelor. 1848Clough Amours de Voy. ii. 141 The trembling Quinquagenarian fears of two lone British spinsters. |