old-timer

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old-timer (plural old-timers)

1. One who has been around for a long time or has a great deal of experience.
   2. An elder.

      Synonyms: (elder) oldster, oldie, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

      Hypernym: person

      A: Hey, how's it going, old-timer?   B: Ha ha, nice try — you're even older than I am!   A: It takes one to know one, after all.

   4. A veteran.

      Synonyms: (veteran) old hand, warhorse

      Hypernym: person

      Some of the old-timers around here might be able to tell you how it all began.

      • 2016 March 3, David Thomson, “Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

        It’s plain that older Americans have become a more important and reliable part of the audience that goes to movie theatres. Yet a few years ago, the Academy gave up on honouring old-timers in the show – because they wanted kids to be watching?

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