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Oldman

Oldman

See also: oldman, old-man, and old man

English

Proper noun

Oldman (plural Oldmans)

  1. An English surname.

oldman

oldman

See also: Oldman, old-man, and old man

English

Noun

oldman (plural oldmen)

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) An old man.
    • 1891, Armenian popular songs, translated into English, page 64:
      Our Lord an oldman with a white beard
      Seated in glory on the cross []
    • 1986, A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror, page 160:
      One of the oldmen started jabbering, US number one, VC number ten thou . . .
    • 2007, Bijay Kumar Das, Critical essays on post-colonial literature, page 146:
      The agony of an oldman for being neglected in the family and ill-treated by his daughter-in-law, abides.