Meaning

5 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, informal)A male person.

    Typ, Kerl

    мужи́кmužík, па́реньpárenʹ, ма́лыйmályj

  2. (Cockney, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)Term of address for a male.

    Hi, geezer, you alright?

  4. (Canada, US, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes)An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.

    Knacker, Greis, alter Knacker

    стари́кstarík, старика́шкаstarikáška, старуше́нцияstarušéncija

    a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric

  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, archaic, slang)Wife; old woman.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. When is the slant-eyed geezer coming?

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  2. I can't believe she's going to marry that old geezer.

    deIch kann es nicht fassen, daß sie diesen alten Knacker heiraten will.

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  3. Everyone is a geezer.

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  4. He's a diamond geezer.

    deEr ist ein toller Kerl.

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  5. I know that geezer.

    deDen Typen kenne ich.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
male person:
informal: old person, especially male:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
male person:
informal: old person, especially male:

Origin

From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).

From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).

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