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old-tim⋅er

[ohld-tahy-mer]
–noun Informal.
1. a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran.
2. an old person.
3. an old-fashioned person or thing.
4. Sometimes Offensive. (used as a form of familiar direct address to an elderly man.)

Origin:
1855–60; old-time + -er 1
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old-tim·er   (ōld'tī'mər)
n.   Informal
    1. An elderly person.

    2. A person with considerable tenure or experience in a given place or activity; a veteran.

  1. Something very old or antiquated.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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old-timer

  1. n.
    an old person; an old man. (Also a term of address.) : Ask that old-timer over there if it has always been this bad around here.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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