grand old man

noun

a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.

Or take Google, which only went public in 2004 and yet feels like a grand old man of Silicon Valley.

Mabel was now silently crying, and big tears were blinding my eyes, when a grand old man rose from his seat.

It takes rather a grand old man to make a joke in the grand style.

The grand old man stood on the shore watching us and waving farewell until we were out of sight.

With this great event the public career of the Grand Old Man came to an end.

I have secured the Gladstone axe, with documents from the grand old man proving its identity.

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