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greybeard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun greybeard has 2 senses
- greybeard(n = noun.person) graybeard, methuselah, old man - a man who is very old; Array has particulars: codger, old codger, antique, gaffer, old-timer, old geezer, oldtimer, patriarch
- greybeard(n = noun.artifact) bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard - a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century); Array is a kind of jug
is a kind of adult male, man, golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen
OXFORD DICTIONARY
greybeard, n. archaic 1 an old man.
2 a large stoneware jug for spirits.
3 Brit. clematis in seed.
2 a large stoneware jug for spirits.
3 Brit. clematis in seed.
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