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

  • noun A person between the ages of 13 and 19; an adolescent.

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

  • noun a person whose age is in the teens, i.e. one between the ages of 13 to 19 inclusive.

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  • noun countable Literally, a person from thirteen to nineteen, an adolescent.

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

  • noun a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

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