Old Hand

Definition: Old Hand

Old Hand

Noun

1. An experienced person; someone who has given long service.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Old Hand

Proficient

Veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world.

I am an old hand, and you a new one.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "old hand": be an old hand ♦ be an old hand at smth.. Additional references.

Albanian

mjeshtër (artificer, artisan, artist, dab, jack of all trades, master, mechanic, nailer, nark, overseer, workman), me përvojë (experienced, worldly, worldly wise). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قديم (ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, back, classic, classical, hoary, immemorial, obsolete, of long standing, old, old fashioned, old time, old timer, old-established, oldster, once, out of date, outdated, outmoded, primitive, quondam, sometime, stale, staleness, stock, superannuate, time honored, time worn, very old), ‏خبير (experienced, expert, master, old, practiced, proficient, pundit, skilled). (various references)

Bulgarian 

опитен (adept, capable, consummate, empiric, empirical, experienced, experimental, expert, good, grey, laboratory, old, perfect, pilot, practised, proficient, ripe, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful, sophisticated, thorough-paced, versed, veteran, whizbang). (various references)

Czech

zkušený èlovìk (veteran). (various references)

Finnish

vanha tekijä (an old hand). (various references)

French

vétéran (old, old stager, old timer). (various references)

German

ein erfahrener Mann (an old hand). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ� וס�" (experienced, experienced man, skilled, tested), ותיק (old, old timer, senior, vet, veteran), עוב�" מ� וס�". (various references)

Hungarian

vén róka (knowing card, old sour puss, old stager), régi motoros, öreg róka. (various references)

Italian

veterano (old soldier, old timer, oldster, seasoned, vet, veteran). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

古武士 (feudal warrior, old soldier, samurai, veteran), 古強者 (old soldier, veteran), 古兵 (old soldier, veteran). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふるつわもの (old soldier, veteran), �"ぶし (feudal warrior, fist, old soldier, samurai, species of tree resembling a magnolia, veteran), �"へい (old soldier, veteran). (various references)

Pig Latin

olday andhay

Portuguese

pessoa de experiência. (various references)

Russian 

ветеран (old campaigner, veteran, war horse), опытный (developmental, experienced, experimental, expert, factual, knowledgeable, practised, sophisticated, tentative, versed, worldly wise, worldly-wise). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

iskusna osoba. (various references)

Spanish

persona lista. (various references)

Turkish

usta (adept, adroit, artist, connoisseur, constructor, craftsman, dab, dabster, deft, dexterous, experienced, expert, facile, hand, ingenious, intelligent, journeyman, master, proficient, shark, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick, subtile, versed, whizz, wise, workman, Wright), tecrübeli kimse (old campaigner, old stager, veteran), eski kurt (vet, veteran), üstât (past master, topflighter, topnotcher, virtuoso). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ahold, hodad, honda, nodal.

-3 letters: dado, dahl, dhal, dona, halo, hand, hold, land, load, loan.

-4 letters: add, ado, and, dad, dah, dal, dol, don, had, hao, hod, hon, lad, nah, nod, noh, odd, old.

-5 letters: ad, ah, al, an, do, ha, ho, la, lo, na, no, od, oh, on.

+1 letter: handhold.

+2 letters: handholds.

+3 letters: landholder, longheaded.

+4 letters: handholding, hydroplaned, landholders, landholding, offhandedly, overhandled, philodendra, roadholding.

+5 letters: candleholder, endochondral, forehandedly, handholdings, landholdings, openhandedly, roadholdings, thousandfold.