geezer

gee·zer  (gzr)

n. Slang

An old person, especially an eccentric old man.

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[Probably alteration of dialectal guiser, masquerader, from Middle English gysar, from gysen, to dress, from gyse, guise, fashion; see guise.]

Word History: A relationship with a word we know well is disguised in the word geezer. A clue to this relationship is found in British dialect. The English Dialect Dictionary defines geezer as "a queer character, a strangely-acting person," and refers the reader to guiser, "a mummer, masquerader." The citations for guiser refer to practices such as the following: "People, usually children ... go about on Christmas Eve, singing, wearing masks, or otherwise disguised," the last word of this passage being the one to which geezer is related.

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geezer

Noun

Brit, Austral & NZ informal a man [probably dialect pronunciation of guiser, a mummer]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

geezer - a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

Translations

geezer [ˈgiːzəʳ] n (BRIT) (col) → tipo, maromo (SP)

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geezer [ˈgiːzəʳ] n (Brit) (inf) → mec m

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geezer [ˈgiːzəʳ] (inf) n → Kerl m, Typ m

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geezer [ˈgiːzəʳ] n (BRIT ) (col) → tizio