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Meanings of old person in English

Portuguese
velho
Catalan
persona gran

An elderly person.

        velho
        Usage of old person in English
        1
        It's the second time today I've been awakened by an old person.
        The Girl I Used to Be
        2
        A 23-year- old person died at the festival two years prior to that.
        News.com.au
        3
        Her eyes were very bright-notlike the eyes of an old person.
        The Secret Power
        4
        They accepted politely but unenthusiastically; green tea was an old person's flavor.
        The favorites: a novel
        5
        He is a charming old person, and so is his aged wife.
        Notes of a War Correspondent
        6
        She felt lame and stiff, like an old person afflicted with rheumatism.
        Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch; Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure
        7
        The officers took chains and bound the old person to the stake.
        Wolf hall
        8
        Why does a child need more food proportionately than an old person?
        Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoh...
        9
        You base old person, I will cleave your skull-piece with this shovels!
        Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
        10
        Max, you old person, have you seen them, or have you not?
        The Way of Ambition
        11
        It was like an old , old person, feebly hobbling through the air.
        Witch Week
        12
        Bringing this new old person back home requires patience and time.
        The Irish Times
        13
        She gave me a brief look that said, 'I am an old person.
        The Lost Continent
        14
        The religion of an old person is merely so much reflex nervous action.
        The Seeker
        15
        I would manage it, and you could join with some other old person.
        The American Senator
        16
        It is important to maintain an old person's dignity and independence.
        The Irish Times
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for old person
        Portuguese
        velho
        Old person through the time
        Old person across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common