OLD-TIMER


Meaning of OLD-TIMER in English

(~s)

1.

If you refer to someone as an ~, you mean that he or she has been living in a particular place or doing a particular job for a long time. (INFORMAL)

The ~s and established families clutched the reins of power.

? newcomer

N-COUNT

2.

An old man is sometimes referred to as an ~. (AM INFORMAL)

N-COUNT

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