Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

2 by Peter Mark Roget, Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869

Chapter 134: 130. Veteran — N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard;

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Chapter 134: 130. Veteran — N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard;

grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard &c 501. preadamite†, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers &c (paternity) 166. Phr. superfluous lags the veteran on the stage [Johnson].
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