Oldster

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal An elderly person.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Someone who is old-aged
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An old person.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An old or oldish person; a man past middle life.
  • n. In the British navy, a midshipman of four years' standing, or a master's mate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an elderly person
  • Antonym
    youngster   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grownup    adult   
    Hyponym
    sexagenarian    dodderer    back-number    octogenarian    centenarian    fogey    dodo    old boy    fogy    greybeard   
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