old man

1. Slang. One's father.
2. Slang.
   1. One's husband.
   2. One's boyfriend, especially a lover with whom one lives.
3. Informal.
   1. A man in authority; a boss.
   2. often Old Man The commanding officer, especially of a U.S. naval vessel.
4. See southernwood.

noun

A male parent: father, sire. Informal dad, daddy, pa, papa, pappy², pop². See kin.

The noun has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: a man who is very old
  Synonyms: greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah

Meaning #2: a familiar term of address for a man
  Synonym: old boy

Meaning #3: informal term for your father

Meaning #4: aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
  Synonyms: common wormwood, absinthe, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium

Meaning #5: (American slang) boss

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Old Man or Old man may refer to:

Contents 1 Roles 2 People 3 In arts and fiction 4 Other 5 See also

Roles

• Father
• Husband
• Captain of a merchant ship or a warship
• Any male amateur radio operator

People

• "Old Man" of La Chapelle-au-Saints, a skeleton
• Joe "Old Man" Paruta famous member of the Gambino Crime Family

In arts and fiction

• Old man, a character from Macbeth.
• "Old Man" (song) by Neil Young
• "Old Man," a short story by William Faulkner.
  • Old Man, a film based on the short story
• "The Old Man," a Seinfeld episode
• The Old Man, Darren McGavin's character in the film A Christmas Story
• The Old Man, a comic book character.
• Old Man Luedecke, an Canadian indie banjo band

Other

• Old Man, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
• old man, a journal of the Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs
• Old Man of the Mountain
• The Old Man of Hoy, a sea stack in Scotland

See also

• Old age

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