age grade (English, noun)
expansion: age grade (plural age grades)
Senses:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An organized, culturally defined social category of people with membership based on age; in some societies it is entered automatically when one reaches a certain age, while in others it is entered through an initiation rite and/or the payment of a fee.
Forms:
form: age grades
tags: plural