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old soldier
Main Entry:
old hand
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: experienced person
Synonyms: expert, longtimer, old guard, old school, old soldier, old stager, old-timer, old-timer, person experienced in something, pro*, vet, veteran, warhorse
Antonyms: amateur, greenhorn, rookie
Main Entry: veteran
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person with much experience; particularly in war
Synonyms: GI, expert, old guard, old hand, old pro, old salt, old soldier, old-timer, pro, shellback, sourdough, trouper, vet, warhorse
Antonyms: rookie
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Veteran.
Category: 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession
Synonyms:
-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
Antonyms: infant
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