Meaning & use
middle-aged man
A man roughly between the ages of forty-five and sixty-five, past young adulthood but not yet elderly.
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A middle-aged man in a gray suit boarded the train and sat quietly reading his newspaper.
The survey found that middle-aged men were the least likely group to visit a doctor regularly.
A note on using this word
The exact age range implied by middle-aged man is approximate and varies somewhat depending on the speaker and context, rather than a fixed legal or medical definition.
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