Ager

Quick meaning: Ager is a noun meaning One who or that which ages something.

Meaning

One who or that which ages something.

More Meanings

1. (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.
2. (in compounds) One who belongs to a particular age or era.

Example Sentences

The Ice Agers of this time invented new tools and technology and produced magnificent art.

"You were just watching people without any period skills faffing about - any Iron Ager would have known that if you cook chicken in the dark, you'll end up with food poisoning. We didn't learn anything about their period at all"

When the aging person depends on another, the control of the aged one's life space is placed in the hands of another person who may or may not contribute action energy that is appropriate or acceptable from the standpoint of the ager.

Late Victorian Agers who witnessed cars replace horses, who lived through the dawn of radio and the recent discovery of a new planet named Pluto, joked that the world had come to this, that babies could now be conceived in the clouds.

Word Forms

• agers

Synonyms for ager

Depending on context, synonyms include geriatric, oldster.

Related Words

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