grand old man
noun
: a venerated practitioner or former practitioner of an art, profession, or sport
the grand old man of jazz
Examples of grand old man in a Sentence
the grand old man of the American theater
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The grand old man of guidebooks may be gone, but many of us will be following his lead for a good long time.
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Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Advertisement In the city of L.A. itself, the grand old man of adobes is the Avila Adobe, built in 1818 by Francisco Avila, once mayor of the city.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
My family had rented an Airbnb, and sitting on the small stove was that grand old man of stovetop coffee: the Mokapot.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024
Just a kid against Enzo's grand old man.
—Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 5 Dec. 2022
By his side, Caracas finds a grand old man, a novelist who wanders with him into the depths of the Neapolitan underworld.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, the grand old man of Dutch physics, who had anticipated much of the development of special relativity two decades earlier and whom Einstein himself held in the highest regard.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2022
The good news is that Pacifiction, the latest feature from Catalan auteur Albert Serra, who’s only in his 40s but directs like a grand old man of the 1960s avant-garde, is quite watchable, even sort of plot-driven — for a Serra film.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
Smith, the virtuoso shortstop, spoke by phone this month before the departure of yet another grand old man of the game.
—New York Times, 28 Dec. 2020
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Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
Advertisement In the city of L.A. itself, the grand old man of adobes is the Avila Adobe, built in 1818 by Francisco Avila, once mayor of the city.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
My family had rented an Airbnb, and sitting on the small stove was that grand old man of stovetop coffee: the Mokapot.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024
Just a kid against Enzo's grand old man.
—Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 5 Dec. 2022
By his side, Caracas finds a grand old man, a novelist who wanders with him into the depths of the Neapolitan underworld.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, the grand old man of Dutch physics, who had anticipated much of the development of special relativity two decades earlier and whom Einstein himself held in the highest regard.
—Adam Becker, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2022
The good news is that Pacifiction, the latest feature from Catalan auteur Albert Serra, who’s only in his 40s but directs like a grand old man of the 1960s avant-garde, is quite watchable, even sort of plot-driven — for a Serra film.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022
Smith, the virtuoso shortstop, spoke by phone this month before the departure of yet another grand old man of the game.
—New York Times, 28 Dec. 2020
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“Grand old man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20old%20man. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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