lifie

L1I1F4I1E1

noun

A life insurance salesman or saleswoman.

OriginEnglish life ← Middle English lyf ← Old English līf →
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Meanings

nounlifie (plural lifies)

plural lifies

  1. AustraliainformalbusinessA life insurance salesman or saleswoman.

    2003, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Four Corners program, The Super Chargers, 18 February Many of the industry's bad habits seem to have been inherited from the financial planners' predecessors - the 'lifies', as they were known.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  2. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  5. Old Englishlīf
  6. Middle Englishlyf
  7. Englishlife
  8. Englishlifie

From life + -ie.

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APA

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MLA

“lifie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lifie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifie.

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