oldman

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proper noun

An English surname.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

oldman1

nounoldman (plural oldmen)

plural oldmen

  1. alternativenonstandardAlternative form of old man.

    Our Lord an oldman with a white beard Seated in glory on the cross […]

    1891, Armenian popular songs, translated into English, page 64
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    And therein ſat an old oldman, halfe blind, And all decrepit in his feeble corſe, […].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 322

    One of the oldmen started jabbering, US number one, VC number ten thou . . .

    1986, A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror, page 160

    The agony of an oldman for being neglected in the family and ill-treated by his daughter-in-law, abides.

    2007, Bijay Kumar Das, Critical essays on post-colonial literature, page 146

Oldman2

proper nounOldman (plural Oldmans)

plural Oldmans · alternative Holdman

  1. An English surname.

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