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empty nester

An empty nester is a parent whose children have all grown up and left home. (noun)

An example of an empty nester is a mom who has just dropped off her youngest child at college.

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See empty nester in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See empty nester in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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