oldster

old·ster

O0060300 (ōld′stər)n. Informal An elderly person.

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[After youngster.]

oldster

(ˈəʊldstə) n1. informal an older person2. (Military) navy Brit a person who has been a midshipman for four years

old•ster

(ˈoʊld stər)

n. an old or elderly person. [1810–20; on the model of youngster]

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Noun

1.

oldster - an elderly person golden ager, old person, senior citizenadult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onwardancient, antediluvian - a very old personcentenarian - someone who is at least 100 years oldcurmudgeon - a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideasdodderer - one who dodders from old age and weaknessdodo, fogey, fogy, fossil - someone whose style is out of fashiondotard - an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellectback-number, has-been - someone who is no longer popularnonagenarian - someone whose age is in the ninetiesoctogenarian - someone whose age is in the eightiesold boy - a vivacious elderly mangraybeard, greybeard, old man, Methuselah - a man who is very oldold woman - a woman who is oldseptuagenarian - someone whose age is in the seventiessexagenarian - someone whose age is in the sixties

oldster

nounInformal. An elderly person:ancient, elder, golden ager, senior, senior citizen.Informal: old-timer.

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