"Old Man Winter" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Old Man Winter}} Old Man Winter
  1. Personification of winter. Wikipedia link: Old Man Winter Categories (topical): Personifications, Weather, Winter Related terms: anthropomorphism, Father Frost, humanization, Jack Frost, Mother Nature, Ullr

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