OLD-TIMER


Meaning of OLD-TIMER in English

/ohld"tuy"meuhr/ , n. Informal.

1. a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran.

2. an old person.

3. an old-fashioned person or thing.

4. Sometimes Offensive. (used as a form of familiar direct address to an elderly man.)

[ 1855-60; OLD-TIME + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .