old-timer

See also: old timer, oldtimer, and Oldtimer

English

Alternative forms

• old timer, oldtimer

Pronunciation

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Noun

old-timer (plural old-timers)

1. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience; a veteran.

   Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began.

   • 2016 March 3, David Thomson, “Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     It’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show – because they wanted kids to be watching?

Synonyms

• (old person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

Translations

one who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老前輩／老前辈 (zh) (lǎoqiánbèi)

• Finnish: veteraani (fi)
• French: vétéran (fr) m
• German: alter Hase (de) m
• Maori: pūtoetoe
• Persian: قدیمی (fa) (qadimi)
• Polish: weteran (pl) m
• Portuguese: veterano (pt) m
• Romanian: veteran (ro) m, vechi locuitor băștinaș m
• Russian: старожи́л (ru) m (starožíl), ветера́н (ru) m (veterán)

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