baby boomer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From baby + boomer, or from 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.
Meanings
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(Canada, US, capitalized, sometimes) A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
The baby boomers, Americans born between 1946 and 1961, are increasingly discovering that the cohorts with whom they crowded into maternity wards, elementary schools, colleges and entry-level jobs are now clogging the fast track to the top as well, demographers say.
1982 January 10, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Baby Boom Comes of Age”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| baby-boomer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Baby Boomer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| baby boomers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| babyboomer | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
echo boomer · conspiraboomer · grandboomer
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Synonyms
Translations (33)
el μπούμερ (person born after Second World War) · yi בייבי בומער (person born after Second World War) · pt baby boomer (person born after Second World War) · fi suuriin ikäluokkiin kuuluva (person born after Second World War) · de Babyboomer (person born after Second World War) · fr bébé-boumeur (person born after Second World War) · ja ベビーブーマー (person born after Second World War) · de Babyboomerin (person born after Second World War) · nl babyboomer (person born after Second World War) · el παιδί της μεταπολίτευσης (person born after Second World War) · fi suurten ikäluokkien edustaja (person born after Second World War) · sv babyboomare (person born after Second World War) · ru бэ́би-бу́мер (person born after Second World War) · hu Ratkó-gyerek (person born after Second World War) · es baby boomer (person born after Second World War) · fi suuret ikäluokat (person born after Second World War) · cmn 嬰兒潮一代 /婴儿潮一代 (person born after Second World War) · fr bébé-boumeuse (person born after Second World War) · bg бейби бумър (person born after Second World War) · ca baby-boomer (person born after Second World War) · pl baby boomer (person born after Second World War) · sv köttberg (person born after Second World War) · ko 베이비 부머 (person born after Second World War) · sk generácia baby boomers (person born after Second World War) · ru čelovék, rodívšijsja v períod demografíčeskovo vzrýva (person born after Second World War) · ja 団塊の世代 (person born after Second World War) · fr baby-boomer (person born after Second World War) · cmn 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期出生的人 /第二次世界大战后生育高峰期出生的人 (person born after Second World War) · hu a baby boom generáció tagja (person born after Second World War) · yi בעיבי בומער (person born after Second World War) · he בייבי בומר (person born after Second World War) · fr baby boomer (person born after Second World War) · it baby boomer (person born after Second World War)