(colloquial, Australia) An elderly man.
We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette.
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(colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, UK) In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context.
Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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