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geezer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun geezer has 1 sense
- geezer(n = noun.person) - a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric; is a kind of adult male, man
Derived form noun geezerhood1
CIDE DICTIONARY
geezer, n. [Dial. corrupt. of Guiser a mummer.].
A queer old fellow; an old chap; sometimes, an old woman. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
geezer, n. sl. a person, esp. an old man.
Etymology
dial. pronunc. of guiser mummer
THESAURUS
geezer
Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran
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