grand old man

English

Noun

grand old man (plural grand old men)

  1. A male leading light; a man who is the most senior exponent of a particular field.
    Cervantes's Quixote made him the grand old man of belles-lettres.
    • 1974, Epifanio San Juan, Introduction to Modern Pilipino Literature, page 94:
      Lope K. Santos, the "grand old man" of Tagalog letters, had long ago deplored the mechanical goodyism of the reading material […]
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