oldling

oldling

English

Etymology

From old +‎ -ling. Compare youngling.

Noun

oldling (plural oldlings)

1. One who is old or advanced in years; elder.
   • 1907, Reports of the boards - Issue 105 - Page 90:

     For the oldlings like the younglings, And they cannot say them "nay," And the oldlings and the younglings Keep God's full-grown man away […]

   • 2006, R.I.C. Publications, Teaching comprehension strategies - Page 76:

     Each day Zork sent an email to his oldlings to tell them what he was doing and to let them know that he was safe and well.

Synonyms

• olding

Anagrams

• dolling