Longbeard
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A man with a long beard.
- 2 a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) wordnet
- 3 Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”). poetic
- 4 Synonym of greybeard (“experienced long-time member of a group”).
"For those who have never navigated “Fairways,” as some longbeards call the original store — there are satellites in Harlem and Brooklyn and on Long Island, with another planned for New Jersey — it is a low-ceilinged warren under pitiless fluorescents."
- 5 Synonym of greybeard (“a bellarmine”).
Example
More examples"For those who have never navigated “Fairways,” as some longbeards call the original store — there are satellites in Harlem and Brooklyn and on Long Island, with another planned for New Jersey — it is a low-ceilinged warren under pitiless fluorescents."
Etymology
From long + beard.
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