geezer

1. (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated in the US) A male person.Examples: "You are a silly young geezer."; "See the hoverboard-riding geezer? This close to payin' a G for a shot of my cousin Calvin's molars."Synonyms: bloke, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chap, chappyCommonwealthIrelandUKdatedinformal

2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, chiefly Cockney, slang) Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.Examples: "Geezers need excitement / If their lives don't provide 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense, simple common sense"; "He turned out to be a proper geezer who was willing to listen to my proposition that if he took the door at the Ministry, I would pay him £400 a month to mark my cards."; "He was a bit of a geezer. Used to box with the Krays when he was a young 'un."Synonyms: spiv, wide boyCockneyCommonwealthIrelandUKslang

3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Term of address for a male.Examples: "Hi, geezer, you alright?"Synonyms: mate, babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddyCommonwealthIrelandUKslang

4. (informal, chiefly Canada, US, sometimes mildly derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.Examples: "In the right-hand division lay the two old geezers, as Sandy styled the landlord and his wife."; "The technical term for a female geezer is "old broad," but this is irrelevant, as nobody in Hollywood makes films about women over 55."; "Why Geezer? Why would a fine arts gallery choose a name that conjures images of a grumpy old guy sitting on the front porch hollering, “get off my lawn”?"Synonyms: antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, geezer, gramps, greybeard, old codgerCanadaUSderogatoryinformalmildlysometimes

5. (archaic, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Wife; old woman.Examples: "He'd flirt and boat, but never wrote / A note to his old geezer."; "This frizzle-headed old geezer had a chin on her as rough well, as rough as her family, and they're rough 'uns."Synonyms: ball and chain, better half, boss, bride, dutch, 'er indoors, frow, geezerCommonwealthIrelandUKarchaicslang