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greybeard

noun

Etymology

From grey + beard; men of advanced age would be expected to have a grey beard.

  1. inherited from *bʰardʰeh₂✻
  2. inherited from *bardaz✻
  3. inherited from *bard✻
  4. inherited from beard
  5. inherited from berd
  6. compounded as greybeard — “grey + beard”

Definitions

  1. An old man.

  2. Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience.

  3. A coarse earthenware vessel for holding liquor

    A coarse earthenware vessel for holding liquor; a bellarmine.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A powerful wave in the vicinity of Cape Horn.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA