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oldhead

oldhead noun: an older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.

Noun

oldhead (plural oldheads)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) An older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.
    • I played, talked about, and watched basketball, watched Denise swing, joke with her friends, then leave the playground, watched some of the oldheads pass around and swig from bottles of Colt 45, and stared through the fence […]1999, Michael Awkward, Scenes of Instruction: A Memoir, page 30
    • He had been from one of our old rival enemy gangs. My oldheads had told me the history of all the oldheads who got killed on the battlefield, which wasn't many.2011, Warren Henderson, City of Nightmares: Part Two, page 24
  2. (slang) A longtime hobbyist, fan or user; a veteran.
    Synonyms:
    oldbie

Synonyms of oldhead

Antonyms

Forms of oldhead

pluraloldheads

Origin of oldhead

From old + -head.

Questions about oldhead

What does oldhead mean?
Oldhead means an older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.
What part of speech is oldhead?
Oldhead is a noun.
What is the plural of oldhead?
The plural of oldhead is oldheads.

Words near oldhead in the dictionary

  1. Oldhamers
  2. oldhamite
  3. oldhamites
  4. Oldhams
  5. Oldhamstocks
  6. oldhead
  7. oldheads
  8. oldhood
  9. OLDI
  10. oldie
  11. oldie but goldie

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