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empty nester

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noun
    The definition of an empty nester is a parent whose children have all grown up and left home.

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

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empty nester

a person whose children have grown up and left home
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empty nester

noun

Informal
A parent whose children have grown and left home.
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Noun

(plural empty nesters)

  1. A person whose children have grown up and left home.
Noun
  1. attributive form of empty nester
    empty-nester ststus
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