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old man

noun

Definition of old man

as in dad

a male human parent I'll ask my old man if he's up for a round of golf this weekend

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as in husband

the male partner in a marriage my old man and I have been together for 10 years now

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as in boyfriend

a male romantic companion my old man and I have decided to move in together

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Noun

The son became an officer himself this June, wearing his dad's badge number.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Things like my grandfather’s grand piano and library were given to my dad and are still in his house.

— R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dad

Noun

Erin drapes her white puffy coat over her shoulders, collects the lawyer for Deux Moi who just happens to be her husband, and walks out onto the wet asphalt of Chinatown.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Walsh’s husband was out of state at the time, according to investigators.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of husband

Noun

Throughout much of the season Elassal plays the dutiful friend to his core group — Lucy Freyer’s Billie, Owen Thiele’s Anton, Amita Rao’s Issa and Jack Innanen’s Paul Baker — and dutiful boyfriend to Rachel Marsh’s Carly.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
The 35-year-old model and her boyfriend, Romain Gavras, 45, were photographed sharing a passionate kiss while walking through the streets of Rome.

— Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of boyfriend

Noun

The Sosa siblings’ father, along with his two other sons and an uncle, set off to the Bahamas immediately on Monday afternoon to start searching themselves via boat.

— Alex Harris Updated September 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026
His interview subjects range from people who worked with Musk at various companies and in the government to people who knew him intimately, including his father, Errol.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of father

Noun

Kylie grieves over her comatose boyfriend, setting her on a journey to the English countryside in order to end the curse, and Antonia watches over Kylie’s beau in the hospital.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
And, when Malika’s dentist beau sends her flowers, Khloé opines (over FaceTime, naturally) that the bouquet is too small and therefore cheap.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of beau

Noun

She’s traumatized after witnessing her mother’s murder — and has daddy issues!

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Yet these survivors are so hard-wired to be fearful of their neighbors that Hig and Cima’s rusty, tentative flirtation takes place under the gaze of her daddy’s gun, a heck of a chaperone.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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