codger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
    old codger.

WordNet

Codg"er noun
Etymology
Cf. Cadger.
Definitions
  1. A miser or mean person.
  2. A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. Colloq.
    A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. Emerson.

Webster 1913