old boy

Definition von old boy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: An alumnus, especially of a public school; Affectionate term of address for a man
Listen, old boy, I've got some news.; a male ex-pupil of a school; You can refer to a man who used to be a pupil at a particular school or university as an old boy. Eton College, with all its traditions and long list of famous old boys; a vivacious elderly man; past school friend, childhood friend; chum, my good buddy; a vivacious elderly man a male ex-pupil of a school a familiar term of address for a man; a familiar term of address for a man
old boy network: A presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism
His hiring and promotion of senior officers rested not on merit but on an old-boy network of connections from Wall Street and the Social Register.
old boy network: an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics); "professional women have developed an old boy network of theirown
good old boy: A male friend or chum, especially a schoolmate; a man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a decent, dependable fellow
Tell these fellows to say to their Sultan that he is a good old boy, and that we thank him very much.
good old boy: A friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA
White Lightning concerns a good old boy named Gator McKluskey (Burt Reynolds) who is serving time in the Arkansas pen for messing around with illegal liquor.
good old boy network: Alternative form of old boy network
old man: An elderly man
old man: Unit's Commanding Officer
old man: a husband, or significant other
old man: One's father
old mate: In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context
Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit.
old mate: An elderly man
We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette.
old-boy network: Alternative form of old boy network
good old boy: A man having qualities held to be characteristic of certain Southern white males, such as a relaxed or informal manner, strong loyalty to family and friends, and often an anti-intellectual bias and intolerant point of view
good old boy: a white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group
old fellow: old friend, long-time friend
old friend: old buddy, pal from way back when, friend whom one has known for a long time
old man: Some people refer to their father, husband, or boyfriend as their old man. Her old man left her a few millions when he died
old man: an informal term for your father a man who is very old boss
old man: elderly gentleman; father, daddy; husband; captain of a ship
old man: gramps
old-boy network: disapproval When people talk about the old-boy network, they are referring to a situation in which people who went to the same public school or university use their positions of influence to help each other. The majority obtained their positions through the old boy network