american english - "To be retired" vs. "to be a retiree" vs. "to be a retirant"
Are both of these responses in current use in modern day AE to the question:
What's your job?
Is it
I don't have a job, I'm retired.
Or
I don't have a job, I'm a retiree.
Also, does the term of "retirant" have any currency in modern day AE?
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Answer
I've not heard retirant used and my spellcheck immediately rejected it.
The other two are good. Retired is an adjective and retiree is a noun. I am retired is the more common in AmE.
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