Methuselah

Other forms: Methuselahs

Definitions of Methuselah

1. noun

   (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
   example of:

   patriarch

   any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
2. noun

   a man who is very old
   synonyms: graybeard, greybeard, old man

   types:

   codger, old codger

   used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man

   antique, gaffer, old geezer, old-timer, oldtimer

   an elderly man

   patriarch

   a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

   type of:

   adult male, man

   an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

   golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen

   an elderly person