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Definition of Retired
1. Adjective. No longer active in your work or profession.
Definition of Retired
1. a. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
Definition of Retired
1. Adjective. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
3. Adjective. That has left employment (of a person), especially on reaching pensionable age. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
4. Verb. (past of retire) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retired
1. retire [v] - See also: retire
Medical Definition of Retired
1.
1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. "A retired part of the peninsula." (Hawthorne)
2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retired
Literary usage of Retired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... Atkins and his men retired immediately, as foon as they had fired, as they
were ordered to do; or had the reft of the body been at hand, to have poured ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"After the war he was in charge of the Boston harbor sea wall and later of the
New York harbor defenses; retired from active service 1882. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"Lieutenant-General Keatinge, who notes, that, when "after the defeat at the Boyne,
the Irish army retired behind the Shannon, this was well judged," says, ..."
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