flower child

noun

: a hippie who advocates love, beauty, and peace

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Golden played the part of the delinquent flower child so convincingly that her reputation soon preceded her. Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025 The reviewer makes plain that The Doors were from a planet unfamiliar to that city's flower child set. Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 14 May 2025 Equally crucial to the band’s creative output was Owsley’s work as a chemist, leading a piebald crew of flower children who cranked out some 5 million doses of LSD into the world, turning on everyone from Jimi Hendrix to John Lennon. John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025 Colorful floral prints gave Etro’s denim pieces a ’70s flower child vibe. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flower child

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flower child was in 1967

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“Flower child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flower%20child. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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