octogenarian in the PONS Dictionary

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Thank heavens they didn't throw a heavy set of bagpipes on this much-admired octogenarian trouper, who'd probably teach himself to play if required.
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Furthermore, many jurisdictions have discarded old common-law fictions such as the fertile octogenarian.
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In many of his later performances, the octogenarian pianist substituted finesse and coloration for bravura, although he was still capable of remarkable technical feats.
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Gil, now an octogenarian, refused.
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The rule presumes that anyone, even an octogenarian (i.e., someone between 80 and 90 years of age) can parent a child, regardless of gender or health.
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A brace of octogenarians and a couple of schoolboys: quite a bag.
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At one point, the octogenarian was given his own office in the paper's print room.
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We also know that they don't include octogenarian cyclists or a harmless woman asleep in her car.
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The lights come up on the heroine returning to consciousness shortly after her death, looking worse for wear and tear, an octogenarian in a turban and thrift-shop overcoat.
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The octogenarian professor taught until his retirement in the spring of 2009.
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