EMPTY NESTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parent whose children have grown up and left home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("empty nester" is a kind of...):

parent (a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian)

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