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old man en · NOUN

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Etymology

From Middle English alde mann, aldman, elde man, oldeman, from Old English eald man.

Meanings

(countable, literally, uncountable) An elderly man.
(colloquial, countable, uncountable) One's father.
- Appearance: Tattooed. Also, uncannily like his old man. 2025 July 22, “Why on earth is Brooklyn Beckham cooking pasta with seawater?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- See, my old man's got a problem / He lives with a bottle, that's the way it is 1988, Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car”:
- One of her companions - a lanky youth with a Beatle-cut hairdo - hammered in a pin with the flat of his hand and hissed: "That's for the old man - he wouldn't let me use the car tonight." 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 67:
- "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." 2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 183:
- He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man?
- ‘I use the same back-hand flip me old man useda use to knock me old lady arse-over-’ead an’ Stiffer than Mo.’ 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 97:
(colloquial, countable, uncountable) A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.
- I was going through my old man’s pockets this morning 1974, Shirley Brown, “Woman to Woman”, in Woman to Woman:
- “[…] 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.” 1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
(countable, slang, uncountable) One's male employer, irrespective of age.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
(Australia, countable, uncountable) An Australian Aboriginal elder.
- Big Paddy nursed his grief in a quiet, mad fury. Then he urged the Old Men to ‘sing out’ those responsible for the death of his son. 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 26:
(UK, countable, dated, uncountable) Term of address for a male friend, irrespective of age.
- '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.' 1958, H. E. Bates, The Darling Buds of May:
- “Don't mention it, old man,” I responded courteously. 1934 October 5, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins […], →OCLC:
(uncountable) Synonym of Old Adam.
(qualifier:herbs, uncountable) Synonym of southernwood.
(countable, uncountable) The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.
- 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. 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:
(Australia, countable, uncountable) Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.
- ‘You watch out for them old man brown snakes in here. I seen a shed skin back there in the hall.’ 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 177:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
oldman		alternative	lexicographic
old-man		alternative	lexicographic
old men	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (232)

wni ɓako (elderly man) · lt senelis (elderly man) · gl ancián (elderly man) · ba ҡарт (elderly man) · th แปะ (elderly man) · ota دده (elderly man) · rup mosh (elderly man) · te వృద్ధుడు (elderly man) · de Väterchen (elderly man) · izh starikka (elderly man) · twf łùłiʼína (elderly man) · tg куҳансол (elderly man) · ja 親父 (elderly man) · nb gamling (elderly man) · grc γέρων (elderly man) · yxg bud dair (elderly man) · prs شَیْخ (elderly man) · be стары́к (elderly man) · fr daron (father (slang)) · pl starzec (elderly man) · pt velhote (father (slang)) · el γέρος (slang: husband, significant other) · kk қарт (elderly man) · cmn 老公 (slang: husband, significant other) · vi ông già (elderly man) · ml വൃദ്ധൻ (elderly man) · fa-ira پیرِمَرْد (elderly man) · nl ouweheer (father (slang)) · fi vanha mies (elderly man) · lij vêgio (elderly man) · pl stary (slang: husband, significant other) · ru старичо́к (elderly man) · it vecchio (elderly man) · my အဘိုးအို (elderly man) · pt velho (elderly man) · alt карыган (elderly man) · hy ծերունի (elderly man) · zdj mndru-mɓaye (elderly man) · arz عجوز (elderly man) · ru ста́рец (elderly man) · my အဘိုးကြီး (elderly man) · ru стари́к (father (slang)) · aht nestʼeʼ (elderly man) · be стары́ (elderly man) · uz chol (elderly man) · fr vieux (father (slang)) · ga seanduine (elderly man) · rup pap (elderly man) · pl staruszek (elderly man) · dng лохан (elderly man) · oj akiwenzii (elderly man) · mn өвгөн (elderly man) · ur شَیخ (elderly man) · taa dena xwlona (elderly man) · tl manong (elderly man) · pl dziadek (elderly man) · pl stary (father (slang)) · az qoca (elderly man) · km អ្នកចាស់ (elderly man) · xdq къкъужа́ (elderly man) · hi शेख़ (elderly man) · qu awki (elderly man) · cy henwr (elderly man) · so oday (elderly man) · th ชายชรา (elderly man) · kk ақсақал (elderly man) · fi jäärä (elderly man) · pt velhote (elderly man) · ru паха́н (father (slang)) · fi faija (father (slang)) · ur شیخ (elderly man) · et ätt (elderly man) · la senex (elderly man) · fr vieux (elderly man) · ur بُوڑھا (elderly man) · fi ukko (elderly man) · uga 𐎌𐎁 (elderly man) · xda ngarrombai (elderly man) · qu machu (elderly man) · ml വയസ്സൻ (elderly man) · bg ста́рец (elderly man) · ja 老爺 (elderly man) · da olding (elderly man) · ro moș (elderly man) · lv vecis (elderly man) · pl zgred (father (slang)) · ja 親爺 (elderly man) · gl vello (elderly man) · rup bitãrnu (elderly man) · ml വയോധികന് (elderly man) · ru дед (elderly man) · de Greis (elderly man) · uz qariya (elderly man) · nay yandiorn (elderly man) · ar شَيْخ (elderly man) · ckb پیرەمێرد (elderly man) · kmr pîremêr (elderly man) · gld мапа (elderly man) · el γέρος (elderly man) · uk стари́к (elderly man) · vi ông già (father (slang)) · ru папа́ша (father (slang)) · th อากง (elderly man) · uk стари́й (elderly man) · eo maljunulo (elderly man) · mnw လ ထဴ (elderly man) · ru мужи́к (slang: husband, significant other) · el γέρος (father (slang)) · mh aļap (elderly man) · ki mũthee (elderly man) · pl stary (elderly man) · dsb źěd (elderly man) · izh äijä (elderly man) · nb olding (elderly man) · hy ծերուկ (elderly man) · sv gubbe (elderly man) · es jefe (father (slang)) · hi बूढ़ा (elderly man) · tg мӯйсафед (elderly man) · pt idoso (elderly man) · sco bodach (elderly man) · qu macu (elderly man) · cy hynafgwr (elderly man) · ja お爺さん (elderly man) · ky карыя (elderly man) · prs پِیرْمَرْد (elderly man) · ky абышка (elderly man) · ja 老人 (elderly man) · uz moʻysa-fid (elderly man) · lt senis (elderly man) · az qoca kişi (elderly man) · ko 할아버지 (elderly man) · rup aush (elderly man) · el γέροντας (elderly man) · hu öregember (elderly man) · alt абышка (elderly man) · tg шайх (elderly man) · ky карт (elderly man) · ky аксакал (elderly man) · tt карт (elderly man) · gl vellote (elderly man) · niv ӿемар (elderly man) · ka მოხუცი (elderly man) · cmn 老人 (elderly man) · zdj mzee (father (slang)) · ru пожило́й челове́к (elderly man) · cmn 老子 (father (slang)) · kk шал (elderly man) · eo oldulo (elderly man) · cmn 老漢 /老汉 (elderly man) · tg пирамард (elderly man) · sid geercho (elderly man) · tr yaşlı adam (elderly man) · uz keksa (elderly man) · fi äijä (elderly man) · be дзед (elderly man) · hy պառավ (elderly man) · kk қария (elderly man) · wyi wikapil (elderly man) · ko 로인 (elderly man) · gl vedraño (elderly man) · mnc ᠮᠠᡶᠠ (elderly man) · uk дід (elderly man) · fr vieillard (elderly man) · izh ukko (elderly man) · ja 爺 (elderly man) · az ağsaqqal (elderly man) · cjs апшый (elderly man) · prs پِیرِمَرْد (elderly man) · ur بُڈّھا (elderly man) · th ลุง (elderly man) · sh stȁrac (elderly man) · ru стари́к (elderly man) · ja 親父 (father (slang)) · ab аҭаҳмада (elderly man) · rup tot (elderly man) · de Alter (elderly man) · evn этыркэн (elderly man) · ar عَجُوز (elderly man) · sh ста̏рац (elderly man) · xdq бихъна́ (elderly man) · hi शैख़ (elderly man) · th ตาแก่ (elderly man) · et vanamees (elderly man) · de alter Mann (elderly man) · ko 아버지 (father (slang)) · alt таада (elderly man) · ru де́душка (elderly man) · id pak tua (elderly man) · tr ihtiyar (elderly man) · mk старец (elderly man) · cst húntáts (elderly man) · fr vieil homme (elderly man) · fa-ira پیرْمَرْد (elderly man) · sw mzee (elderly man) · kgp kófa (elderly man) · be ста́рац (elderly man) · yi אַלטער (elderly man) · ky чал (elderly man) · cs stařec (elderly man) · uk ста́рець (elderly man) · eu agure (elderly man) · tg пир (elderly man) · rsk дїдо (elderly man) · ko 노인 (elderly man) · cmn 老頭兒 /老头儿 (elderly man) · alr ынпыӄлавул (elderly man) · fa-ira شِیخ (elderly man) · es viejo (father (slang)) · swb ɓakoko (elderly man) · fi isäukko (father (slang)) · la vetulus (elderly man) · lt senukas (elderly man) · fr vieux monsieur (elderly man) · fi ukko (slang: husband, significant other) · gd bodach (elderly man) · pl staruszek (father (slang)) · ilo lakay (elderly man) · ru муженёк (slang: husband, significant other) · sl starec (elderly man) · bg дя́до (elderly man) · ain ヘンケ (elderly man) · es viejo (elderly man) · ga seanfhear (elderly man) · rsk старик (elderly man) · tew sedó (elderly man) · so duq (elderly man) · ur پِیر مَرْد (elderly man) · nog карт (elderly man) · sk starec (elderly man) · qu aukin (elderly man) · sq plak (elderly man)

old man en · NOUN

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