A man who is old; a man who is past middle age.
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| 释义 | the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun] (41) old maneOE A man who is old; a man who is past middle age. bevara1275 Known only in bevar hore. Since Middle English hore (now hoar, adj. n.) was both adjective ‘hoary,’ and noun ‘grey-beard’ (German greis), it… beauperec1300 A term of courtesy for ‘father,’ used esp. to or of a spiritual or ecclesiastical ‘Father’. vieillard1475 An old man. Nestor?c1510 An old man, esp. a wise old man. Also used allusively in proverbial phrases or expressions, as Nestor's days n. old age, long life (similarly Nest… old gentleman1526 An elderly gentleman; an old fellow. haga1529 depreciative. An old, ugly, malicious, or unpleasant man. Obsolete. velyarda1529 An old man. old fellow?1555 An old person, esp. a man. Frequently somewhat depreciative. old sire1557 = old sir n. granfer1564 One's grandfather; a grandfather; (also) an elderly man. Also as a form of address. vecchioc1570 An old man. ageman1571 an old man. grave-porer1582 one who is poring over or looking towards his grave; an aged man. grandsire1595 A man of an age befitting a grandfather; an old man. Now archaic. huddle-duddle1599 A decrepit old man. elder1600 A person advanced in life. pantaloon1602 In extended use. A feeble old man; an old fool. cuffc1616 A contemptuous term for an old man; esp. a miserly old fellow. crone1630 Rarely applied to a worn-out old man. old boya1637 An elderly man, used esp. with connotations of physical or mental frailty, or of rakishness. Chiefly of a person or type known familiarly to the… codger?1738 Frequently depreciative. An old man; (also) used as a form of address. Also used familiarly or playfully to express affection, compassion, etc. dry-beard1749 an old man with a dry or withered beard. eld1796 poetic. An old man. (But perhaps an absolute use of the adjective.) Rarely in plural elds. patriarch1819 A venerable old man; esp. the oldest man in a village, neighbourhood, etc. Also: the oldest living representative of a class, profession, art, etc… oubaas1824 The elderly male owner of a home, farm, or business; the employer of servants or labourers; (more generally) an elderly white man. Frequently as a… old chap1840 An older man; frequently mildly disparaging. pap1844 A father. Chiefly used in the vocative, or preceded by a possessive adjective (as ‘my mama’); also without article in the manner of a proper name… pop1844 In extended use as a form of address to (or informal title for) any older man. tad1877 A young or small child, esp. a boy. Occasionally used jocularly of old men. old baas1882 = oubaas, n. senex1898 In literary contexts, the stock figure of an old man. Also in various Latin phrases. Cf. old man, n. 1c. finger1904 slang (now rare). Australian and New Zealand. With old. An irreverent or disparaging term for an elderly man; a ‘codger’. Cf. old, adj. 16. AK1911 = alte kacker, n. alte kacker1911 In Jewish usage, a mildly pejorative term for: an elderly man. Abbreviated AK n. at A, n. initialisms. poppa stoppa1944 In African-American usage: a person, esp. a man. Usually as a form of address or term of abuse. Cf. motherfucker, n. madala1960 An old man; an ‘old one’. Frequently as a term of somewhat affectionate or respectful address, esp. to an elderly black man. Ntate1975 An older man. rare. Subcategories:— as form of address (3) |
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