Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, literally, uncountable)An elderly man.

    Greis, Alter, alter Mann

    стари́кstarík, старичо́кstaričók, дедded

    стари́йstarýj, стари́кstarýk, дідdid

    a man who is very old

  2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)One's father.

    He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man?

    папа́шаpapáša, стари́кstarík, паха́нpaxán

    an informal term for your father

  3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.

    муженёкmuženjók, мужи́кmužík

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable)One's male employer, irrespective of age.

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.

  6. (Australia, countable, uncountable)An Australian Aboriginal elder.

  7. (UK, countable, dated, uncountable)Term of address for a male friend, irrespective of age.

    a familiar term of address for a man

  8. (uncountable)Synonym of Old Adam.

  9. (uncountable)Synonym of southernwood.

  10. (countable, uncountable)The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.

  11. (Australia, countable, uncountable)Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.

Examples

707 sentences
  1. The old man died of cancer.

    Цей старий помер від раку.

    ruСтарик умер от рака.

    deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs.

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  2. I'm looking for an old man.

    Шукаю старого.

    ruЯ ищу одного старика.

    deIch suche einen alten Mann.

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  3. She married a rich old man.

    Вона вийшла за багатого старика.

    ruОна вышла замуж за богатого старика.

    deSie heiratete einen reichen, alten Mann.

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  4. The old man is very kind.

    Цей старик - дуже добра людина.

    ruСтарик очень добр.

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  5. Tom looks like an old man.

    Том виглядає як старий.

    deTom sieht wie ein alter Mann aus.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
elderly man:
Русский
By meaning 3
elderly man:
father (slang):
slang: husband, significant other:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
elderly man:

Origin

From Middle English alde mann, aldman, elde man, oldeman, from Old English eald man.

From Middle English alde mann, aldman, elde man, oldeman, from Old English eald man.

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Forms

plural: old men

Synonyms

54 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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