oldster

American  

[ohld-ster] / ˈoʊld stər /

noun

1. an old or elderly person.

2. (in the British navy) a midshipman of four years' standing.

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oldster British  

/ ˈəʊldstə /

noun

1. informal an older person

2. navy a person who has been a midshipman for four years

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Etymology

Origin of oldster

1810–20; old + -ster, modeled on youngster

Example Sentences

Yet this novel is more interesting when it explores the freakier aspects of the alien’s presence: Every evening at around the same time, local oldsters with dementia become briefly lucid.

From The Wall Street Journal

Judith Viorst, 94, author and humorist, tackles how to age well in her latest book, offering lessons from her own life and fellow oldsters on making meaning in later life, even as much slips away.

From The Wall Street Journal

We fall almost immediately into the sort of things-fall-apart talk in which oldsters are apt to indulge—he about his country, I about mine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Here, youngsters and oldsters alike turned up to pay tribute to the band.

From Los Angeles Times

Grammy voters go back and forth with this award: Sometimes they anoint headstrong youngsters as rock’s great new hope; other times they congratulate wizened oldsters for staying in the game.

From Los Angeles Times