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geezer

n.
C1 Advanced UK //ɡˈiːzɐ// geezer Archaic Informal Slang Vulgar

n. a rude way to talk about an older man. You use this word when you want to be funny or a bit mean to someone who is much older than you.

n. a derogatory or humorous term for an elderly man.


SIMPLE

He called the old man a geezer to be funny.

CONTEXTUAL

The teenagers were laughing at the old man, calling him a geezer for walking too slowly.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See geyser.

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