empty nester

The definition of 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.

See empty nester in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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a person whose children have grown up and left home

See empty nester in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Informal

A parent whose children have grown and left home.

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