What does old hand mean?

old hand means "an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service".

What is another word for old hand?

Close synonyms include veteran, old-timer, oldtimer, warhorse, old stager. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old hand a common word?

old hand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

old hand — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
Synonymsveteran old-timer oldtimer warhorse old stager stager
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