life-long en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English līf Middle English lyf English life English -long English life-long From life + -long.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of lifelong.
alt of lifelong
One theme of the conference was Organising the Railway as a Business, and Fred Margetts, the chief regional manager of the North Eastern Region and a life-long railwayman, was given the task of taking the lead.
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38: