old-timer

[ ohld-tahy-mer ]

/ ˈoʊldˈtaɪ mər /

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noun Informal.

a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran.

an old person.

an old-fashioned person or thing.

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Origin of old-timer

First recorded in 1855–60; old-time + -er¹

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How to use old-timer in a sentence

Punk old-timer Legs McNeil on how, despite his best efforts at acting like a grump, the Velvet Underground front man was beloved.
What Lou Reed Was Really Like: Legs McNeil’s Tribute to the Velvet Underground Legend|Legs McNeil|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He noticed an “old-timer” in a red USMC baseball cap sitting nearby with a few other Marine Vietnam veterans.
Home on the Fourth of July: Two Marines, Two Purple Hearts|John Kael Weston|July 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If and when CRE becomes resistant to this old-timer, the cupboard is truly bare.
Why I’m Not Worried About Dying From a Superbug, and You Shouldn’t Be, Either|Kent Sepkowitz|March 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Say, old-timer, is it right about Mac losing his stripes and getting thirty days in the cooler?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

Recognised him instantly as a regular old-timer at the heels of the Baron, and tackled him on our ancient terms.
The Eternal City|Hall Caine
I saw a long, broad gleam of silvery white, my line cut through the water, and the old-timer started for his bed under the bank.
Cruisings in the Cascades|George O. Shields
Jack laughed as he said, "That's about right, and I think that maybe I'm an 'old timer.'"
Jack the Young Trapper|George Bird Grinnell
To the old-timer these difficulties were not dangers at all, because he knew how to meet them easily.
The Sheriff's Son|William MacLeod Raine

British Dictionary definitions for old-timer

old-timer

noun

a person who has been in a certain place, occupation, etc, for a long time

US an old man

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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