geezer

Meaning

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dated, informal) A male person.
  2. (Cockney, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Term of address for a male.
  4. (Canada, US, derogatory, informal, mildly, sometimes) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, archaic, slang) Wife; old woman.

Synonyms

old man
guy
A1

fridge and freezer

fridge freezer
chap
B2
bloke
B2
fella
B2
feller
21k
fellow
B1
gaffer
29k
homey
C2
man
A1
👨
old fart
pard
ou
C1

old broad

boy
A1
👦
bruce
B2
carl
B1
cove
C2
dude
A2
Translations

mec
gars
type
type
cara
Kerl

alter Knacker

γεροπαράξενος

bougre
gozer
kerel
Type
Typ
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡizɚ/
Etymology

From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).

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