veteran (n.)
- campaigner
- centenarian
- cosmopolitan
- cosmopolite
- dotard
- elder
- expert
- gaffer
- geezer
- gramps
- grandfather
- graybeard
- knowing
- master
- mature
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- old-timer
- older
- oldster
- pantaloon
- patriarch
- presbyter
- ripe
- salt
- septuagenarian
- sexagenarian
- trouper
- versed
- vet
- warhorse
- wise
veteran (adj.)
- blase
- centenarian
- cosmopolitan
- elder
- experienced
- expert
- knowing
- master
- mature
- matured
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- old-time
- older
- practical
- practiced
- ripe
- ripened
- sagacious
- salt
- seasoned
- sexagenarian
- skilled
- sophisticated
- tried
- versed
- vet
- wise
- worldly
- worldly-wise
Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.
