baby boomer
A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
sometimes capitalized, US, Canada
- 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
Synonyms: boomer
Origin
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.