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centenarian

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cen⋅te⋅nar⋅i⋅an

  [sen-tn-air-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or having lived 100 years.
–noun
2. a person who has reached the age of 100.
Origin:
1840–50; < L centenāri(us) (see centenary ) + -an
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cen·te·nar·i·an   (sěn'tə-nâr'ē-ən)   
n.  One who is 100 years old or older.

[From Latin centēnārius, of a hundred; see centenary.]
cen'te·nar'i·an adj.
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