Usually means: Person aged between eighty and eighty-nine.
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  1. octogenary: Merriam-Webster
  2. octogenary: Collins English Dictionary
  3. octogenary: Wordnik
  4. octogenary: Wiktionary
  5. Octogenary, octogenary: Dictionary.com
  6. Octogenary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. octogenary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Octogenary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. octogenary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. octogenary: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Octogenary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (octogenary)

adjective:  (obsolete) Of or related to the number 80, particularly
adjective:  Synonym of octogenarian: lasting or aged 80 years; 80-year-old.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of eightysomething: a person 80 to 89 years old.

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