teen-ager

A form of teenager — A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).

Meanings

nounteen-ager (plural teen-agers)

plural teen-agers

  1. datedDated form of teenager.

    When one strong teen-ager came marching at the head of his section, carrying his five-year-old brother on his shoulders, a storm of applause rang through the air.

    1997, James Pool, Suzanne Pool, chapter 8, in Who Financed Hitler, U.S.A., →ISBN, page 439
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    If I had to pinpoint it, I’d say that the video’s vibe was chill Gen-Z good taste, the world of a teen-ager whose parents have given up on curfews and screen-time restrictions: midnight-basement-desktop-computer vibes.

    2021 April 26, Kyle Chayka, “TikTok and the Vibes Revival”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2021
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APA

teen-ager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teen-ager

MLA

“teen-ager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teen-ager. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teen-ager,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teen-ager.

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