Codger

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal A somewhat eccentric man, especially an old one.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A miser or mean person.
  • n. A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A mean, miserly man.
  • n. An old fellow; an odd person; a character: usually with old: as, a rum old codger.
  • n. A fellow; a chap: a familiar term of address, used in a slighting way.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    greybeard    Methuselah    old man    graybeard   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fellow   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pasear    grumpiness    feesh    seure    saplin