old goat

noun

, Informal.

1. an elderly man who is disliked, especially for being mean to or disapproving of younger people.
2. a lecherous man, especially one considerably older than those to whom he is attracted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of old goat¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Wading hip-deep past what used to be her front porch one recent afternoon, she shoos away a pelican stalking fish in her old goat pen.

From Time

My cruel father is selling me to an old goat with white hair.

From The Daily Beast

Do you want to try and keep the old goat out of jail or shall we let him go to the chair as he deserves?

From Project Gutenberg

Then too if she had only stood still, but she kept jumping up and down and calling out, "Take the nasty old goat away!"

From Project Gutenberg

Sure enough, there he stood with bright, shining face; he had just taken the old goat and the little kid out of the stable.

From Project Gutenberg

We saw the old goat cabin built of logs and were told of a newer one, an unused one down the shore and deeper in the woods.

From Project Gutenberg

There was once an old goat who had seven little ones, and was as fond of them as ever mother was of her children.

From Project Gutenberg