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retiree

/rɪtaɪˈri/
/rɛˈtaɪəˈri/
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Other forms: retirees

A retiree is a person who has permanently stopped working. Florida is famous for being a state where many retirees live. That's why Florida has so many golf courses (and nursing homes).

Most retirees are 65 or older — they've worked their whole lives, and when they retire, or cease working, they're taking a well-deserved break. Many older people continue to work, instead of becoming retirees. The word retiree comes from retire, which first meant "to retreat," and later "to withdraw to a private place." The suffix -ee is often used in legal terms to mean "initiator of an action."

Definitions of retiree
  1. noun
    someone who has retired from active working
    synonyms: retired person
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    types:
    emeritus
    a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
    type of:
    nonworker
    a person who does nothing
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