Usually means: Parents whose children have moved.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word empty nester:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. empty nester: Merriam-Webster
  2. empty nester: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. empty nester: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. empty-nester, empty-nester: Collins English Dictionary
  5. empty nester: Vocabulary.com
  6. empty-nester: Wordnik
  7. empty nester: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. empty-nester, empty nester: Wiktionary
  9. empty nester: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. empty-nester, empty nester: Dictionary.com
  11. Empty nester: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. empty nester: Rhymezone
  13. empty nester: FreeDictionary.org
  14. empty nester: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. empty-nester, empty nester: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. empty nester: Financial dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. empty nester: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. empty-nester, empty nester: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (empty nester)

noun:  A person whose children have grown up and left home.

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