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单词 old one
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old onen.

Brit. /ˈəʊl(d) wʌn/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˌwən/
Forms: see old adj. and one pron. Also with capital initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., one pron.
Etymology: < old adj. + one pron.With sense 2 compare Old English se ealda , in the same sense:OE Homiletic Fragment I 32 Wacað se ealda dweleð ond drefeð dæges ond nihtes miltse mid mane. In sense 3 apparently after Navajo Öanaasází Anasazi n., but this was based on a misunderstanding of the Navajo word. Compare:1979 F. Plog in Handbk. N. Amer. Indians IX. 108/1 The term Anasazi was introduced in archaeological use by Kidder..who based it on a Navajo word that he took to mean ‘old people’. However, although..given in dictionaries as ‘ancient people’..it is discomfiting to some modern Pueblo people that the English name..comes from a Navajo term that literally means ‘enemy ancestors’.
1. Frequently with the. An elderly person, esp. one's father or mother; (Irish English and Liverpool) an old woman; also applied familiarly to a person who is deceased. Also, in oral cultures: a senior member of a social group, esp. one who preserves the history and traditions of the group.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > [noun]
parent?a1425
old one1642
aged p.1861
aged parent1861
rent1968
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. E These two old ones their last gasp had fet.
1776 H. Cowley Runaway I. Prologue Have the old ones tired you, with their Greek, and their Geometry?
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 204 ‘It's the old 'un.’ ‘Old one,’ said Mr. Pickwick. ‘What old one?’ ‘My father, Sir,’ replied Mr. Weller.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. iii. xix. 140 If they turn us out..there'll be nothing but the House for us old 'uns.
1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah v. 253 There! What have you to say to that, old one?
1925 S. O'Casey Shadow of Gunman 4 The way these oul' ones bawl at a body.
1954 O. St. J. Gogarty It isn't this Time of Year 18 It's as mean and meagre as the old wan that owns it.
1988 R. J. Conley Witch of Goingsnake & Stories 14 I heard the ancient stories, told by the old ones, many times as a child.
1997 C. B. Divakaruni Mistress of Spices 97 ‘Open yourself to the sight,’ the Old One told us, ‘and it will show you what you need to know.’
2. A humorous or familiar name for: the Devil.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]
devileOE
Beelzebubc950
the foul ghosteOE
SatanOE
warlockOE
SatanasOE
worsea1200
unwinea1225
wondc1250
quedea1275
pucka1300
serpenta1300
dragon1340
shrew1362
Apollyon1382
the god of this worldc1384
Mahoundc1400
leviathan1412
worsta1425
old enemyc1449
Ruffin1567
dismal1570
Plotcocka1578
the Wicked One1582
goodman1603
Mahu1603
foul thief1609
somebody1609
legiona1616
Lord of Flies1622
walliman1629
shaitan1638
Old Nicka1643
Nick1647
unsel?1675
old gentleman1681
old boy1692
the gentleman in black1693
deuce1694
Black Spy1699
the vicious one1713
worricow1719
Old Roger1725
Lord of the Flies1727
Simmie1728
Old Scratch1734
Old Harry1777
Old Poker1784
Auld Hornie1786
old (auld), ill thief1789
old one1790
little-good1821
Tom Walker1833
bogy1840
diabolarch1845
Old Ned1859
iniquity1899
1790 R. Tyler Contrast v. ii. 74 Is the old one in you?
1822 C. P. Clinch Spy iii. vii, in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 101 Ye're knowing whether or no he's a kin to Beelzeboob—it's Sargeant Hollister there who's saying there's a relationship atwixt him and the ould one.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 253 His Master..the Old One.
1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese xviii. 270 You're the match of the old one for cleverness.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 44 The auld yin, the devil.
3. In plural. With the. Usually with capital initials. = Anasazi n.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific North American culture
woodland1917
Anasazi1936
Mogollon1936
Palaeo-Indian1940
old ones1963
Hohokam-
1963 in M. B. Grosvenor Great Adventures with National Geographic 199 We had come to learn more of the ancient Pueblo Indians, called by the Navajo Anasazi, ‘the Old Ones’.
1988 M. Bishop Unicorn Mountain (1989) xvii. 187 Merely masking a boxy house with a big stucco tepee was not the best way of persuading the gods that you were back in touch with both the earth and the Old Ones.
1999 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 24 Oct. 3 g The Old Ones were not buffalo-chasing primitives; they erected palaces, great centers, and farmed large acreages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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