baby boomer

Definition

A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s.

Etymology

From baby + boomer or 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. From baby boom + -er.

Example Sentences

• "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."