old-timer: Meaning and Definition of

old-tim•er

Pronunciation: (ōld'tī'mur), [key]
— n. Informal.
  1. a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran.
  2. an old person.
  3. an old-fashioned person or thing.
  4. (used as a form of familiar direct address to an elderly man.)
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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