old-timer

Noun

1. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.
   • A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer? B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am! A: It takes one to know one, after all.

   Synonyms: oldster oldie senior citizen ager antique badge-cove cheeser coffin dodger crinkly eld elder elderly geriatric genarian geezer grayhead greyhead hoarhead mzee old no spring chicken old timer old-timer oldtimer

   Hypernyms: person

   1. An elder.

   2. A veteran.

      • Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began.
      • It’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show – because they...

      Synonyms: old hand warhorse

      Hypernyms: person