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old one

old one noun: an elderly person, (sometimes specifically) one's father or mother; a senior member of a group or tribe, who preserves traditions.

Noun

old one (plural old ones)

  1. An elderly person, (sometimes specifically) one's father or mother; a senior member of a group or tribe, who preserves traditions.
  2. (Ireland, Liverpool) An old woman.
    • I was with him one day and he bought a book from an old one in Liffey street for two bob.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 224
  3. (humorous) The devil.
    • You're the match of the old one for cleverness.1908, Stanley J. Weyman, Wild Geese, page 270

Proper noun capitalized: Old One

the Old One

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of old one

Forms of old one

pluralold ones

Words that rhyme with old one

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Questions about old one

What does old one mean?
Old one means an elderly person, (sometimes specifically) one's father or mother; a senior member of a group or tribe, who preserves traditions.
What part of speech is old one?
Old one can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of old one?
The plural of old one is old ones.

Words near old one in the dictionary

  1. Old Norwegian
  2. Old Novgorodian
  3. Old Nubian
  4. Old Oak Common
  5. Old Occitan
  6. old one
  7. Old Orchard Beach
  8. Old Passage
  9. old pence
  10. old pennies
  11. old penny

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