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[ ohld-tahy-mer ] / ˈoʊldˈtaɪ mər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR old-timer ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Informal.a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran. an old person. an old-fashioned person or thing. Origin of old-timerFirst recorded in 1855–60; old-time + -er1 Words nearby old-timerold talk, Old Test., Old Testament, old-time, old-time dance, old-timer, old-timey, Old Turkic, Olduvai Gorge, Old Welsh, Old West Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for old-timerHe noticed an “old-timer” in a red USMC baseball cap sitting nearby with a few other Marine Vietnam veterans. Home on the Fourth of July: Two Marines, Two Purple Hearts|John Kael Weston|July 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST If and when CRE becomes resistant to this old-timer, the cupboard is truly bare. Why I’m Not Worried About Dying From a Superbug, and You Shouldn’t Be, Either|Kent Sepkowitz|March 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST A veteran would have recognized him as an old-timer and probable officer, and heeded, automatically. Mercenary|Dallas McCord Reynolds “You sure know how to shoot a surprise into a fellow, old-timer,” he drawled. Shoe-Bar Stratton|Joseph Bushnell Ames
I watched one old-timer in the ranks as he lifted the tin cup to his lips and took the initial gulp. "And they thought we wouldn't fight"|Floyd Gibbons The sergeant, an old-timer, replied, "The dance starts right now." 500 of the Best Cockney War Stories|Various The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below.
British Dictionary definitions for old-timer
nouna person who has been in a certain place, occupation, etc, for a long time US an old man Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to old-timerold hand, fossil, senior, veteran, mossback, geezer, gramps, old soldier, war-horse |