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old·ster

(ōld′stər)

n. Informal

An elderly person.

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oldster

(ˈəʊldstə)

1. informal an older person

2. (Military) navy Brit a person who has been a midshipman for four years

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old•ster

(ˈoʊld stər)

n.

an old or elderly person.

[1810–20; on the model of youngster]

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Noun

oldster - an elderly person

golden ager, old person, senior citizen

adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward

ancient, antediluvian - a very old person

centenarian - someone who is at least 100 years old

curmudgeon - a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

dodderer - one who dodders from old age and weakness

dodo, fogey, fogy, fossil - someone whose style is out of fashion

dotard - an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

back-number, has-been - someone who is no longer popular

nonagenarian - someone whose age is in the nineties

octogenarian - someone whose age is in the eighties

old boy - a vivacious elderly man

graybeard, greybeard, old man, Methuselah - a man who is very old

old woman - a woman who is old

septuagenarian - someone whose age is in the seventies

sexagenarian - someone whose age is in the sixties

oldster

noun

Informal. An elderly person:

ancient, elder, golden ager, senior, senior citizen.

Informal: old-timer.

Translations

oldster

[ˈəʊldstəʳ] N (US) → viejo/a m/f, anciano/a m/f

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oldster

n (US inf) → älterer Mann; some of us oldsters → einige von uns Alten

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