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Definition of Baby boomer
1. Noun. A member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s. "They expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Group relationships: Baby Boom, Baby-boom Generation
Definition of Baby boomer
1. Noun. A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the USA and other Allied countries as between 1945 and the early 1960s), when there was an increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baby Boomer
Literary usage of Baby boomer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Old: Why Baby Boomers Won't be Pensioned Off by Julia Huber, Paul Skidmore (2003)
"While the first baby boomer cohort married at an earlier average age than previous
generations, the second baby boomer cohort again saw a rise ..."
2. Eternal Youths: How the Baby Boomers Are Having Their Time Again by James Harkin, Julia Huber (2004)
"The re-jigging of the cruise concept for baby boomer customers gives a flavour
of how the concerns and lifestyle pursuits of baby boomers differ from those ..."
3. Field Hearing on "Education at a Crossroads, What Works? What's Wasted edited by Peter Hoekstra (2000)
"My name is David Thelen, I have three kids, eight, seven and three, I'ma baby
boomer and I'ma little concerned when you hear about the retirement crisis of ..."
4. Home Alone: Combating Isolation with Older Housebound People by Helen McCarthy, Gillian Thomas (2004)
"Two such spaces are provided by Age Concern's ‘baby boomer Bistro', ... baby boomer
Bistro is an internet chat room dedicated for older people. ..."
5. The American Work Force: 1992-2005 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"But it is the aging of the baby-boomer group through the year 2005 that will ...
And as the baby-boomer generation ages, the demands for health care will ..."