old-timer
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈoʊldˌtaɪmər/
:
veterano
- Many new players sought advice from the old-timers who had been in the game for decades.
- many old-timers
You know these are old timers in their professions, right?
- You know these are old timers in their professions, right?
- And the young kids, at which point I was one, would listen to the old timers.
- The guy that trained me in comedy was Bill Milton Berle and then the oldest old timer guys, Jimmy Stewart.
- If Newsweek doesn't see the value of your work, here's an old timer who does, so be encouraged, it can be done.
- I will tell you this, I'm an old timer and I came up in late night at a time when late night shows, there weren't that many.
- And there's a lot of hot rodders, a lot of old timers, you know, a lot of builders, just a lot going on.
- But you talk to the old timers like records and the other guys, they say this is, this is a House of Cards about to come down.
Examples
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The old-timers would boil these and make paint for their horses.
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Dan was one of the old-timers, someone who had been around for a long time.
Fiction book (2000) -
Of course, it's this old-timer we got to worry about.
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You made us old-timers look real good last night.
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I was beginning to feel like an old-timer now, what with the new kids next door.
Fiction book (1998) -
But within a few short years, the old-timers will all be gone.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many of the houses are occupied by old-timers who are the last of their family on the island.
Academic text (1994) -
Within a short time, the old-timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Well, at least we old-timers will be famous and revered for our literary inventions."
Fiction book (2000) -
The old-timer shared valuable lessons about working in the community.
Synonyms
184
3.8
A person with long experience in a job or activity
4
7.0
A person with many years of experience in a job or field
1
6.9
An experienced reliable person who has worked in a job for a long time
1
5.1
A person who has done a job or activity for many years and knows it well
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3.7
A person with a lot of experience in a job or activity
A person who has a lot of experience in a job or activity
A person who has done a job for many years and knows it well
Antonyms
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word old-timer comes from old and timer, with time meaning 'a long time', and it is like long-timer, a person who has been around a long time. That's why an old-timer is often respected for their experience.