boomer
noun
boom·er ˈbü-mər 
1
: one that booms
2
: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area
3
: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)
4
: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web That feeling was most acute among younger homeowners, with 42% of millennial and 54% of Generation Z homeowners feeling financially insecure after purchasing their home, compared with 31% of Generation X and 16% of baby boomer homeowners. 
Kelsey Sheehy, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022 Any boomer will tell you that no one wants to work these days. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 More than 1 in 4 baby boomer RNs intend to retire within the year. Robert Pearl, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 On a more sobering note, death has claimed a sizable number of baby-boomer musicians — and their fans. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022 Cambridge resident Vicki Meredith, a baby boomer who declined to give her age, struggled at first to come up with something to celebrate. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 Walker, a proper boomer, seems also to have been diving deep into the brackish waters of YouTube. The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 And yet, over the decade ended in 1979, the number of total homes rose by 25%—then the result of a boomer push for homeownership. Justin Lahart, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 Many of Summerfest's baby boomer and Gen-X acts noticeably have been moving to earlier performance times to attract said groups to their shows. Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2022 See More
Kelsey Sheehy, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022 Any boomer will tell you that no one wants to work these days. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 More than 1 in 4 baby boomer RNs intend to retire within the year. Robert Pearl, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 On a more sobering note, death has claimed a sizable number of baby-boomer musicians — and their fans. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2022 Cambridge resident Vicki Meredith, a baby boomer who declined to give her age, struggled at first to come up with something to celebrate. Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 Walker, a proper boomer, seems also to have been diving deep into the brackish waters of YouTube. The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 And yet, over the decade ended in 1979, the number of total homes rose by 25%—then the result of a boomer push for homeownership. Justin Lahart, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 Many of Summerfest's baby boomer and Gen-X acts noticeably have been moving to earlier performance times to attract said groups to their shows. Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1