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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

Noun

1. Informal one's father

2. one's husband

3. an affectionate form of address used to a man

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. koro N.Z.

noun 2. (Informal) father, pop (informal) dad (informal) daddy (informal) pa (informal) old boy (informal) papa (old-fashioned), (informal) pater, paterfamilias

noun 3. manager, boss (informal) supervisor, governor (informal) ganger, superintendent, gaffer (informal) foreman, overseer, baas S. African see see, old person