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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