geezers

Noun

geezer (plural geezers)

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, informal) A male person.
   • You are a silly young geezer.1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Right Ho, Jeeves

   Synonyms:

   bloke, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chap, chappy, chield, cove

2. (Cockney, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
   • Geezers need excitement / If their lives don't provide 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense, simple common sense2002, “Geezers need excitement”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets

   Synonyms:

   spiv, wide boy

3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Term of address for a male.
   • Hi, geezer, you alright?

   Synonyms:

   mate, babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver

4. (Canada, US, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
   • In the right-hand division lay the two old geezers, as Sandy styled the landlord and his wife.1885, Corin, The Truth about the Stage

   Synonyms:

   antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, gramps, greybeard, old codger, old fart, old man, unc

5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, archaic, slang) Wife; old woman.
   • He'd flirt and boat, but never wrote / A note to his old geezer.1882, J. F. Mitchell, Jimmy Johnson's Holiday

   Synonyms:

   ball and chain, better half, boss, bride, dutch, 'er indoors, frow, her indoors, lady, little woman