Old Man

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An elderly man.
2. isim One's father.

   “He smacked me around some. Didn't everybody's old man?”

3. isim A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.

   ““[…] Now if that thing is balling—and your old lady or your old man is off somewhere flashing and doesn't want to be touched—well, you get put down on acid, you can be on a bummer for months.””

4. isim One's male employer, irrespective of age.
5. isim A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
6. isim An Australian Aboriginal elder.

   “Big Paddy nursed his grief in a quiet, mad fury. Then he urged the Old Men to ‘sing out’ those responsible for the death of his son.”

7. isim Term of address for a male friend, irrespective of age.

   ““Don't mention it, old man,” I responded courteously.”

8. isim Synonym of Old Adam.
9. isim Synonym of southernwood.
10. isim The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.

    “A new light has entered into the life and transformed it wonderfully, the soul has been born again, the old man has been put off, the new man which is akin to Jesus Christ has been put on.”

11. isim Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.

    “‘You watch out for them old man brown snakes in here. I seen a shed skin back there in the hall.’”

12. özel isim A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Old Man Winter or Old Man River.

    “But it was really Old Man Concentration and his partner, Co-operation, that put across the big clean-up.”

13. özel isim A creator god in some Native American mythologies.

    “The Wiyot say that Condor recreated mankind after Old Man wiped out humanity with a flood.”

14. özel isim Ellipsis of Old Man of Coniston.