old man

old man

n.

1. Slang One's father.

2. Slang

a. One's husband.

b. One's boyfriend, especially a lover with whom one lives.

3. Informal

a. A man in authority; a boss.

b. often Old Man The commanding officer, especially of a U.S. naval vessel.

4. See southernwood.

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old man

n

1. an informal term for father, husband [1]

2. (sometimes capitals) Informal a man in command, such as an employer, foreman, or captain of a ship

3. Sometimes facetious an affectionate term used in addressing a man

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for southernwood

5. Austral informal

a.  an adult male kangaroo

b.  (as modifier) very large

6. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity the unregenerate aspect of human nature

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	old man - a man who is very old                 graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah codger, old codger - used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person antique, gaffer, old geezer, old-timer, oldtimer - an elderly man patriarch - a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
	2.	old man - a familiar term of address for a man old boy adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
	3.	old man - an informal term for your father dysphemism - an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter" begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
	4.	old man - aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe absinthe, Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love absinth, absinthe - strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise genus Artemisia - usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon wormwood - any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
	5.	old man - (slang) boss jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 hirer, boss - a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job"

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old man

noun

1. senior citizen, grandfather (slang), patriarch, old age pensioner, old person, old-timer (U.S.), elder, elder statesman, wrinkly (informal), old codger (informal), old stager, greybeard, coffin-dodger (slang), oldster (informal), O.A.P. (Brit.) a wizened, bent-over old man

2. (Informal) father, pop (informal), dad (informal), daddy (informal), pa (informal), old boy (informal), papa (old-fashioned informal), pater, paterfamilias My old man used to work down the mines.

3. husband, man (informal), partner, mate, squeeze (informal), spouse, significant other (U.S. informal), better half (humorous), bidie-in (Scot.) Luckily for me her old man was otherwise engaged.

4. manager, boss (informal), supervisor, governor (informal), ganger, superintendent, gaffer (informal), foreman, overseer, baas (S. African) Why's the old man got it in for you?