old-timer

noun

ˈōl(d)-ˈtī-mər How to pronounce old-timer (audio)
Definition of old-timernext
1
as in elder
a person of advanced years a group of old-timers playing shuffleboard

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2
as in veteran
a person with long experience in a specified area old-timers in the fishing industry couldn't remember a time when catches were so low

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Recent Examples of old-timer The old-timers try to stay in touch. — Miami Herald, 27 May 2026 For every grousing old-timer who felt that Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was contaminating the genre came another who expressed sheer joy that such a show even existed. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Some bargain hunters poked around, while a handful of old-timers walked the halls for exercise. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026 Another shuts a door on an old-timer in the middle of his menacing monologue about an apocalyptic storm. — Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for old-timer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old-timer
  1. elder
  2. veteran
  3. oldster
  4. adult
  5. geriatric
  6. ancient
Noun
  • Seventy percent of the workforce are caregivers of children, elders, people with disabilities, or others.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The woman Morris was convicted of abusing, Cindy Clemishire, has filed a $1 million defamation suit against Morris, the church, former and current elders, and a former church employee in Dallas County.
    — Giles Hudson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of elder
Noun
  • Army veteran Bert Mizusawa will win the Republican primary for Senate in Virginia, ABC News projects.
    — ABC NEWS, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Like a certain hero of Greek myth and big-screen blockbuster, the Etna of Yoon's title is the veteran of a catastrophic war, scarred in body and mind, dogged in pursuit of an improbable homecoming.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of veteran
Noun
  • Enough with the oldsters, what about those kids?
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • With each passing day, its oldster cast — including Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis — is closer to the grave.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Definition of oldster
Noun
  • On April 1, Shawnda Jackson, the girl's grandmother, said there had been six adult relatives at the house, where the girl lived with 11 relatives, when the attack happened.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Another study published by the CDC in March 2022 showed that unvaccinated adults were 12 times more likely to be hospitalized than those who had received an initial series and booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of adult
Noun
  • Now, thanks entirely to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the scales are tipping back towards the geriatrics.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
    — Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026
Definition of geriatric
Noun
  • The exhibit features several dozen dinosaur animatronics that fully loom and roar, and a virtual aquarium stocked with swimming ancients.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 May 2026
  • Sitting alone among these ancients can be a profound experience.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Definition of ancient

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