old man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old men
form: oldman
form: old-man
Etymology: From Middle English alde mann, aldman, elde man, oldeman, from Old English eald man.
Senses: synonyms: codger
antonyms: old lady
glosses: An elderly man.
examples: text: He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man?
text: ‘I use the same back-hand flip me old man useda use to knock me old lady arse-over-’ead an’ Stiffer than Mo.’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 97:
text: See, my old man's got a problem / He lives with a bottle, that's the way it is
ref: 1988, Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”:
text: "How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-the-wool baptist from out in the sticks."
ref: 2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 183:
synonyms: word: dad
word: pa
word: ayr
word: ba
word: baba
word: da
word: dad
word: dada
word: daddio
word: daddy
word: father
word: Father
word: fatherling
word: old man
word: pa
word: pap
word: papa
word: papaw
word: pappaw
word: pappy
word: Pappy
word: pater
word: patriarch
word: paw
word: pawpaw
word: peepaw
word: pepaw
word: pop
word: poppa
word: poppy
word: pops
word: sire
antonyms: old lady
glosses: One's father.
examples: text: “[…] Now if that thing is balling—and your old lady or your old man is off somewhere flashing and doesn't want to be touched—well, you get put down on acid, you can be on a bummer for months.”
ref: 1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
synonyms: hubby
antonyms: old lady
glosses: A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.
synonyms: boss
governor
glosses: One's male employer, irrespective of age.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
examples: text: “Don't mention it, old man,” I responded courteously.
ref: 1934 October 5, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins […], →OCLC:
text: 'Coming up, coming up, coming up,' Pop said. 'There you are, Charley, old man. Larkin Special. Don't ask what's in it. Don't stare at it. Don't think. Just drink it down. In ten minutes you'll feel perfick again.'
ref: 1958, H. E. Bates, The Darling Buds of May:
synonyms: old bean
old chap
glosses: Term of address for a male friend, irrespective of age.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Synonym of Old Adam.
synonyms: word: Old Adam
qualifier: herbs
glosses: Synonym of southernwood.
synonyms: word: southernwood
examples: text: A new light has entered into the life and transformed it wonderfully, the soul has been born again, the old man has been put off, the new man which is akin to Jesus Christ has been put on.
ref: 1906 [1890 November], Richard Acland Armstrong, “What must I do to be saved?”, in George Gilbert Armstrong, editor, Richard Acland Armstrong: A Memoir, Green, page 155:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.
examples: text: ‘You watch out for them old man brown snakes in here. I seen a shed skin back there in the hall.’
ref: 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 177:
glosses: Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.
Synonyms: word: antiquity
word: codger
word: gadgie
word: gaffer
word: geezer
word: gramps
word: greybeard
word: old codger
word: old fart
word: old man
word: whitebeard
Hypernyms: word: man
word: old person
Hyponyms: word: buzzard
word: dotard
word: grandfather
Derived terms: Old Man of Coniston
old man yaoi
Related terms: word: old lady
word: old woman
word: old chap
word: elderly
word: old age