Definition of Geezer

1. Noun. A man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric.

Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Adult Male, Man
Derivative terms: Geezerhood

Definition of Geezer

1. n. A queer old fellow; an old chap; an old woman.

Definition of Geezer

1. Noun. (informal chiefly British dated in US) A male person. ¹

2. Noun. (informal chiefly US sometimes mildly derogatory) An old person, usually a male. ¹

3. Noun. (British) A device for boiling water for such domestic uses as heating or washing; a boiler. The normal spelling is water (term geyser). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Geezer

1. an eccentric man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geezer

geekwear
geeky
geeminy
geep
geepound
geepounds
geeps
geerite
gees
geese
geest
geests
geet
geez
geez Louise
geezer (current term)
geezerdom
geezerhood
geezerly
geezers
geezery
gefarnate
geffroyite
gefilte fish
gefitinib
gefuffle
gefuffled
gefuffles
geg
gegenhalten

Literary usage of Geezer

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

1. An American's London by Louise Closser Hale (1920)
"Naturally, the ground floor and the basement with the geezer in the bath ... But what good would the bath be to me if the geezer stayed in it all the time? ..."

2. Island Song Lyrics Volume 3 by Larry W. Jones (2004)
"(02/14/2003) (song#1054) Well I let the old geezer try his best to please her But she didn't listen to all his lies And now the cockeyed mayor of Kaunakakai ..."

3. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1920)
"I'll bet the ol' geezer is goin' to dig up that treasure while we're gone, ... "The ol' geezer's got a light. He's bluffed us till he got us away. ..."

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