Graybeard

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n.
     An old man. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n.
     A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood
     of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded
     face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a
     leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following
     the Reformation; -- called also {graybeard}, {longbeard}.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  graybeard
       n 1: a man who is very old [syn: {old man}, {greybeard}, {Methuselah}]
       2: a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a
          caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) [syn: {bellarmine},
           {longbeard}, {long-beard}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "graybeard":
     Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard,
     elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire,
     gray-headed person, grayhair, grisard, nonagenarian, octogenarian,
     old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent,
     old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster,
     pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian,
     sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran