Definition of age-grade
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: a group of persons of the same sex and approximately the same age having certain definite duties and privileges in common and constituting a division of a tribe or society
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: a stage (as boyhood, adolescence, or manhood) through which an age-grade passes
age-grade
transitive verbDefinition of age-grade (Entry 2 of 2)
: to grade by age or organize by age-grades
an age-graded tribe
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“Age-grade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age-grade. Accessed 11 May. 2021.
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The first known use of age-grade was in 1894
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