a grand old man of
a grand old man of = the grand old man of
a man long and highly respected in a particular field
Recorded from 1882 and popularly abbreviated as GOM - Grand Old Man was the nickname of the British statesman William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98) who went on to win his last election in 1892 at the age of eighty-three.
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