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greybeard::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
| Type of | jug |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | graybeard, methuselah, old man |
| Type of | adult male, golden ager, man, old person, oldster, senior citizen |
| Has types | patriarch, old-timer, old codger, old geezer, antique, codger, gaffer, oldtimer |
Examples of greybeard
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I would have attended Kev's party very happily and I'm a greybeard too.
From the canberratimes.com.au
The image of these greybeard professors trying yo mount campus protests of Iraq was quite comical.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
Last week a most picturesque Grancy greybeard or white fringe tree had me completely mesmerized.
From the kentucky.com
This is precisely the reason that a stately 20-year-old Grancy greybeard could steal the show in the winter landscape.
From the kentucky.com
Richard, for instance, is meant to be a bright and appealing 11-year-old boy, but he sometimes sounds like a greybeard.
From the time.com
If you start with his role as the team's primary passing-down back, fellow greybeard Sammy Morris, 33, is most likely to step in.
From the boston.com
By contrast, Patrick Simon was a relative greybeard at 14 when he committed to Washington State as a high school freshman in February 2007.
From the kentucky.com
I'm no greybeard staunchly holding on to my Dvorak keyboard layout as the one true input mechanism despite the advent of post-PC computing.
From the techcrunch.com
Mr Binstock says this may be because ideological, economic or national-security issues loomed larger than greybeard ones, such as pensions.
From the economist.com
- Old man: a man who is very old
- Bellarmine: a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
- An old man; Metaphorically, the members of a group who have been there the longest (regardless of actual age or gender.)
- (UK) Long-established member of a society, probably now on the governing body.
