Usually means: Respected elderly statesman of renown.
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  1. grand old man: Merriam-Webster
  2. grand old man: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grand old man: Wiktionary
  4. grand old man: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. grand old man: Dictionary.com
  6. grand old man, the grand old man: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. grand old man: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. grand old man, the grand old man: Legal dictionary

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  1. grand old man, the grand old man: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grand old man)

▸ noun:  A male leading light; a man who is the most senior exponent of a particular field.

Similar:
elder statesman, granddaddy, old man, doyen, grandee, leading light, big daddy, great grandmaster, archgrandmaster, grandmammy, more...

Opposite:
grand old woman, young upstart, rising star, newcomer

Phrases:
the grand old man, more...

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Similar:
elder statesman, granddaddy, old man, doyen, grandee, leading light, big daddy, great grandmaster, archgrandmaster, grandmammy, more...

Opposite:
grand old woman, young upstart, rising star, newcomer

Phrases:
the grand old man, more...



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