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Yes - cockney slang for "a male person" - hence I'm a Geezer geezer in my earlier post.
Also, it was the trade name (which became generic) for a gas-powered water-heater, popular over here in the 50s and 60s. A cognate name, of course, but different from a natural hot spring, nevertheless.
And, in all three cases, pronounced GEY-ser (to rhyme with KEY-)
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