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[ noun ] a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

Synonyms

patriarch

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

For almost two months , the defendant and the world heard from individuals escaped from the grave about fathers and mothers , graybeards , adolescents , babies , starved , beaten to death , strangled , machine-gunned , gassed , burned .

Related terms

old_man

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[ noun ] a man who is very old
3
[ noun ] a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

Related terms

jug

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