bejaarde

Definitions of bejaarde
  1. noun
    an elderly person
    synonyms: A.O.W.'er, AOW'er, aow-er, knar, oudere, ouderen, oudje, zestig-plusser, zestigplusser
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    honderdjarige
    someone who is at least 100 years old
    fossiel
    someone whose style is out of fashion
    fossiel
    an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
    negentiger
    someone whose age is in the nineties
    tachtiger
    someone whose age is in the eighties
    grijsaard
    a man who is very old
    zeventiger
    someone whose age is in the seventies
    zestiger
    someone whose age is in the sixties
    grootje, grootmama, grootmoeder, oma, opoe
    an old woman
    heks, kol, taart, tovenares, toverheks, toverkol
    an ugly evil-looking old woman
    moeder, moedertje
    a term of address for an elderly woman
    old-timer, oldtimer
    an elderly man
    patriarch
    a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
    type of:
    meerderjarige, volwassene
    a fully developed person from maturity onward
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