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Definition of Old-timer
1. Noun. An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.
Generic synonyms: Expert
Derivative terms: Veteran
2. Noun. An elderly man.
Generic synonyms: Graybeard, Greybeard, Methuselah, Old Man
Derivative terms: Antique
Definition of Old-timer
1. Noun. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience; a veteran. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old-timer
Literary usage of Old-timer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"OLD TIMER. The question of food supply for sportsmen and prospectors, as for
soldiers, is one of great importance; yet wholesomeness, ..."
2. Old Mexico and Her Lost Provinces: A Journey in Mexico, Southern California by William Henry Bishop (1883)
"... and of the wild administration of justice in early times, when offenders were
occasionally executed first and sentenced afterward. AN old-timer. ..."
3. Rhymes of a Homesteader by Elliott Curtis Lincoln (1920)
"The Old-Timer Remarks- THERE'S fellers that take to this "uplift" stuff Like kids
to a bran-new game, But I never wus raised on no blame pink teas, ..."
4. Mexico, California and Arizona: Being a New and Revised Edition of Old by William Henry Bishop (1889)
"... and of the wild administration of justice in early times, when offenders were
occasionally executed first and sentenced afterward. AN old-timer. ..."
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