| Main Entry: |
old hand
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| 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: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
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-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].
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| Antonyms: | infant |
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