English Words Starting With O

• old age pension

  nounB2
  /ˌəʊld eɪdʒ ˈpenʃn/A regular government payment made to people who have reached a legally specified retirement age.
• old bailey

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈbeɪli/The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, located in London.
• old believer

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld bɪˈliːvə/A member of a group within the Russian Orthodox Church who rejected liturgical reforms in the 17th century, leading to a schism.
• old bill

  nounLow to medium (in British English, specific register). Rare.
  /ˌəʊld ˈbɪl/A British slang term for the police or a police officer.
• old bird

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈbɜːd/An experienced, often shrewd or cunning person, especially one not easily fooled or deceived.
• old boy

  nounB2
  /ˌəʊld ˈbɔɪ/A male former pupil of a particular school, especially a British private school.
• old british

  nounC1-C2
  /ˈəʊld ˈbrɪt.ɪʃ/Belonging to, characteristic of, or dating from earlier periods in British history or culture.
• old bulgarian

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld bʌlˈɡɛəriən/An alternative name for Old Church Slavonic, the earliest attested Slavic literary language.
• old castile

  nounLow
  /ˌəʊld kæˈstiːl/A historical region and former kingdom in north-central Spain, considered the heartland of the Spanish language and culture.
• old catholic

  adjectivenounLow
  /ˌəʊld ˈkæθlɪk/A member of any of the churches that separated from the Roman Catholic Church after the First Vatican Council (1870–71), rejecting the dogma of papal infallibility.
• old chap

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈtʃæp/An informal, friendly term of address for a man.
• old chum

  nounMedium (becoming less common in contemporary use)
  /ˌəʊld ˈtʃʌm/A very old and close friend; a schoolmate or companion from the distant past.
• old church slavonic

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˌtʃɜːtʃ sləˈvɒnɪk/The earliest Slavic literary language, used for Christian liturgy and literature from the 9th century.
• old clothes man

  nounVery Low / Archaic
  /ˌəʊld ˈkləʊðz ˌmæn/A person, historically, who traveled to buy or collect used clothing and rags, often for resale or recycling.
• old comedy

  nounC1
  /ˌəʊld ˈkɒmədi/An early form of ancient Greek comedy from the 5th century BCE, characterized by political satire, personal mockery, and fantastical plots.
• old contemptibles

  plural-nounVery Low Frequency / Historical Term
  /ˌəʊld kənˈtem(p).tə.bəlz/An historical nickname, originally derogatory but later adopted with pride, referring to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) that fought in the early battles of the First World War in 1914.
• old country

  nounLow-Medium
  /ˌəʊld ˈkʌntri/The country where a person or their ancestors were originally from, especially when they have emigrated to a new country.
• old covenant

  nounC2
  /ˌəʊld ˈkʌvənənt/The binding agreement established by God with the ancient Israelites, as described in the Hebrew Bible, centered on the Mosaic Law.
• old curiosity shop, the

  nounMedium
  /ðiː ˈəʊld ˌkjʊə.riˈɒs.ə.ti ʃɒp/A novel by Charles Dickens, published in 1841, and the name of the antiquities shop run by the character Nell Trent's grandfather in that novel.
• old danish

  nounVery Low
  /ˌəʊld ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/Referring to an ancient variety of the North Germanic language spoken primarily in Denmark during the Viking Age and medieval period.

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