"old-man" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} old-man (not comparable)
  1. (Australia) (applied to plants and animals) Of exceptional size or age. Tags: Australia, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-old-man-en-adj-RRDyr63q Categories (other): Australian English
  2. (Australia) (applied to weather) Of exceptional intensity. Tags: Australia, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-old-man-en-adj-jTV-6vFB Categories (other): Australian English

Noun

Forms: old-men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|old-men}} old-man (plural old-men)
  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of oldman Tags: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Alternative form of: oldman
    Sense id: en-old-man-en-noun-sMwEeLcP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 29 47

Inflected forms

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