baby boomer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of baby boomer.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

baby boomer baby boomers baby-boomer babyboomer

Etymology

From baby + boomer or baby boom + -er, when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

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