old man

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noun Informal.

a father, usually one's own: His old man's letting him have the car for the prom.

a husband: The office is giving my old man a retirement party.

a boyfriend or male lover, especially a male lover with whom one cohabits.

(sometimes initial capital letters) a person in a position of authority, especially an employer or a commanding officer: The Old Man has ordered an inspection for Saturday morning.

(used affectionately in addressing a man).

old Adam.

southernwood.

Words nearby old man

old latin, old line state, old low franconian, old low german, old maid, old man, old man and the sea, the, old man of the sea, old man of the woods, old man's beard, old master

Example sentences from the Web for old man

His old-man's reminiscences came over him so strongly that for a time he forgot Madam Olsen and everything about her.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo
These young old-men are often quite as successful in old-man parts as those who have served most of a lifetime upon the stage.

Our Stage and Its Critics |"E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
Their laughter crushed him, and he withdrew into his old-man's world, and despondently adapted himself to it.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo
But not a soul had another thought to spare for Old-man Barton that day.

The Story Of Kennett |Bayard Taylor

Then he drank: the strange, careful, old-man's gesture in drinking.

Aaron's Rod |D. H. Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for old man

old man

noun

an informal term for father, husband (def. 1)

(sometimes capitals) informal a man in command, such as an employer, foreman, or captain of a ship

sometimes facetious an affectionate term used in addressing a man

another name for southernwood

Australian informal

an adult male kangaroo
(as modifier) very large

Christianity the unregenerate aspect of human nature

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old man

noun Informal.

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British Dictionary definitions for old man

noun

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old man

noun Informal.

Words nearby old man

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