How do you pronounce oldman?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊldmən/.

oldman

/ˈoʊldmən/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

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name

An English surname.

"And therein ſat an old oldman, halfe blind, And all decrepit in his feeble corſe, […]."
"Our Lord an oldman with a white beard Seated in glory on the cross […]"
"One of the oldmen started jabbering, US number one, VC number ten thou . . ."
"The agony of an oldman for being neglected in the family and ill-treated by his daughter-in-law, abides."

oldmen (plural) Oldmans (plural) Holdman (alternative)

Newman

goldman holdeman holdman boldman

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