geezer

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  1. noun Slang An old person, especially an eccentric old man.
  2. Word History
    A relationship with a word we know well is disguised in the word geezer. A clue to this relationship is found in British dialect. The English Dialect Dictionary defines geezer as "a queer character, a strangely-acting person,” and refers the reader to guiser, "a mummer, masquerader.” The citations for guiser refer to practices such as the following: "People, usually children ... go about on Christmas Eve, singing, wearing masks, or otherwise disguised,” the last word of this passage being the one to which geezer is related.

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  • The geezer--ever the careful driver--checked all his mirrors before pulling in and going slow down the road, hard-packed despite the rain Coby kept his eyes on Oswald's hands. —  AHMM,July-August2006
  • First names only, and the geezer isn't even sure of those? —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 03] - Butchers Hill
  • Which old geezer are they sending up to fly it David's hands curled before he restrained himself. —  AnalogSFF,June2006
  • Please note I'm not being paid to big up this geezer, although I am mates with the people at QI, I'm mostly doing this Director of the Month malarkey as an experiment. —  Scamp
  • He moved with a swagger and a sway, like a geezer, the High Court in Glasgow was told, and had a powerful physical presence.
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  1. Probably alteration of dialectal guiser, masquerader, from Middle English gysar, from gysen, to dress, from gyse, guise, fashion; see guise.
 

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