oldster
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oldster
Where it comes from
From old + -ster, modelled after youngster. Attested from early 19th c.
noun oldsters
- Someone who is old. 'Oh yes,' laughed Solitaire. 'Plenty of them. All the local inhabitants who take the money off the oldsters, for instance. The people who own the motels and the trailer-camps. You could make plenty of money running the bingo tournaments.'
- A midshipman of four years' standing; a master's mate.
