geezer
pronunciation
How to pronounce geezer in British English:
UK [ˈgi:zə(r)]
How to pronounce geezer in American English:
US [ˈɡizɚ]
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- Noun:
- a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
Word Origin
- geezer
- geezer: [19] Originally, a geezer seems to have been ‘someone who went around in disguise’. The word probably represents a dialectal pronunciation of the now obsolete guiser ‘someone wearing a masquerade as part of a performance, mummer’. This was a derivative of guise [13], which, together with disguise [14], goes back ultimately to prehistoric Germanic *wīsōn, ancestor of archaic English wise ‘manner’.=> disguise, guise, wise
- geezer (n.)
- derisive word for an old man, 1885, according to OED a variant of obsolete Cockney guiser "mummer" (late 15c.; see guise).
Example
- 1. The old geezer blew it .
- 2. Little chink geezer . What was his name ?
- 3. I thought you 'd be some rich , big.old , fat geezer who smokes cigars .
- 4. I seen you talking to him in the yard him and the geezer .
- 5. Authorities are investigating the possibility that the geezer bandit was actually wearing a disguise , said fbi special agent darrell foxworth , whose office is investigating the robberies in san diego , riverside and kern counties .