old-timer

1. N-COUNT An old man is sometimes referred to as an old-timer. 老人[美國(guó)英語] [非正式]

2. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as an old-timer, you mean that he or she has been living in a particular place or doing a particular job for a long time. 老居民; 老行家[非正式]

The old-timers and established families clutched the reins of power. 老街坊和根基穩(wěn)固的家族牢牢掌控著權(quán)力。