Old-timer

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.; An elder.

    "A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer?   B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am!   A: It takes one to know one, after all."

  2. 2
    an elderly man wordnet
  3. 3
    One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.; A veteran.

    "Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began."

  4. 4
    an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service wordnet

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antiqueold handoldtimerwarhorseagerancient

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"Being of a highly Americanized old-timer generation of Filipinos, my mother still is not really accustomed to English. When my family first immigrated to North America, she pronounced "raspberry" with an unsilent P. After more than 45 years on the new continent, her accent still sounds foreign."

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