oldhead

plural oldheads

1. African-American VernacularAn older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.

   He had been from one of our old rival enemy gangs. My oldheads had told me the history of all the oldheads who got killed on the battlefield, which wasn't many.

   2011, Warren Henderson, City of Nightmares: Part Two, page 24

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   I played, talked about, and watched basketball, watched Denise swing, joke with her friends, then leave the playground, watched some of the oldheads pass around and swig from bottles of Colt 45, and stared through the fence […]

   1999, Michael Awkward, Scenes of Instruction: A Memoir, page 30

2. slangA longtime hobbyist, fan or user; a veteran.

   Synonyms: oldbie