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teen·ag·er
/
ˈtinˌeɪ
dʒər
/
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teen
-ey-jer
]
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noun
a person in his or her teens.
Origin:
1935–40;
teenage
+
-er
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teenager
(ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒə)
—
n
a person between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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teenager
derived noun from
teenage
(q.v.), 1941. The earlier word for this was teener, attested in Amer.Eng. from 1894, and teen had been used as a noun to mean "teen-aged person" in 1818.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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