Definition of empty-nester

empty-nester    

noun

• a parent with no children living at home.

  Since our youngest daughter went off to college, we're empty-nesters.

  • See more words with the same meaning: parent.

  Last edited on Oct 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'parent':
in-laws	Definitions include: one's spouse's family, e.g. mother-in-law, father-in-law, etc.
nan	Definitions include: grandmother.
T-Jones	Definitions include: a mother.
tiger mom	Definitions include: an Asian mother.
granny	Definitions include: a grandmother.
baby daddy	Definitions include: the father of a woman's child.
granma	Definitions include: "grandmother".
pop	Definitions include: soda; soft drink.
gramps	Definitions include: "grandfather."
moms	Definitions include: "mom" (i.e. mother,) in the singular.
MILF	Definitions include: an attractive older woman.
helicopter parent	Definitions include: an over-attentive parent.
mum	Definitions include: mom aka "mother".
mamadukes	Definitions include: "mother"; "mom".
baby mama	Definitions include: the mother of one's baby.
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Other terms relating to 'empty':
empty (one's) bowels	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Other terms relating to 'nest':
hornet's nest	Definitions include: a dangerous situation.
love nest	Definitions include: a place where a couple sequesters themselves.
nest egg	Definitions include: money saved up, usually to buy a home.

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