Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who is 100 years old or older.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to a centenary, or to a person one hundred years old.
  • noun A person a hundred years old or older.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or relating to a hundred years.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who is at least 100 years old. One who is past his or her tenth decade.
  • adjective Being at least 100 years old. Beyond one's tenth decade.
  • adjective Of or relating to a centenarian.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being at least 100 years old
  • noun someone who is at least 100 years old

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin centēnārius, of a hundred; see centenary.]

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Coined around 1800 as centenary +‎ -an.

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Examples

  • It is a rather remarkable fact in connection with the examples of longevity cited that in almost every instance the centenarian is a person in the humblest rank of life.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • It is a rather remarkable fact in connection with the examples of longevity cited that in almost every instance the centenarian is a person in the humblest rank of life.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • A centenarian is a person who has lived beyond 100 years.

    The Times of India 2010

  • The centenarian is the oldest known living owner of a 2010 Camaro.

    unknown title 2009

  • The centenarian was a union leader, fish and chip shop worker and insurance collector during a varied career in the city.

    Express & Star 2008

  • COHEN: You got check out this Web site: www. bumc.bu.edu, that's the site for Boston University and once you're there, do a search on "centenarian" and you'll find the new England Centenarian Study where you can find more on the secrets to living to 100 and beyond.

    CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2003 2003

  • The Journal goes on to speak of perhaps the most remarkable 'centenarian' of the nineteenth century: --

    Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. John Knox Laughton 1872

  • "I look forward to an article here about a centenarian raping a College fresher."

    The Geezer Bandit 2009

  • I look forward to an article here about a centenarian raping a College fresher.

    The Geezer Bandit 2009

  • I look forward to an article here about a centenarian raping a College fresher.

    The Geezer Bandit » E-Mail 2009

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