Lexic.us

Definition of Old man

1. Noun. A man who is very old.

2. Noun. A familiar term of address for a man.

3. Noun. An informal term for your father.

4. Noun. Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe.

5. Noun. (slang) boss.

Definition of Old man

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of oldman): an old man. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) One's father. ¹

3. Noun. (slang US) a husband, or significant other ¹

4. Noun. (slang US Military) Unit's Commanding Officer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Man

old francs old geezer old girl old gold old growth old guard old guards old habits die hard old hag syndrome old hand

old hat old lace old lady old maid old maid flower old man (current term) old man's beard old man of the mountain old master old mate

old men old moon old moons old pence old pennies old penny old person old rose old salt

Literary usage of Old man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"I thought it was now fo much in our choice to make the old man carry us whither ... Not being able to put the old man out of his talk, of which he was very ..."

2. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Edwin Booth, Henry L Hinton (1867)
"... as your lordship shall know by this honest old man ; and, though I say it, though old man, yet, poor man, my father. Bass. One speak for both. ..."

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