old man


Definition: Meaning of, old man in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / əʊld man /

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old man old men
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  1. old-fashioned informal someone's husband, father, or boyfriend
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  2. British English old-fashioned used when speaking to a male friend
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old man used in phrases

  • Old Man of the Sea, The
    1. a character in the story of SINBAD the Sailor in The ARABIAN NIGHTS, who persuades SINBAD to carry him on his back, and then twists his legs around SINBAD so that SINBAD cannot get him off. SINBAD makes the old man drunk, gets him off his back, and kills him.
  • dirty old man (noun)
    1. an older man who is too sexually interested in younger women - used to show disapproval
  • old man of the mountain (noun)
    1. whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
  • old man's beard (noun)
    1. dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
    2. vigorous deciduous climber of Europe to Afghanistan and Lebanon having panicles of fragrant green-white flowers in summer and autumn
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