Meaning

4 senses

  1. A man with a long beard.

  2. (poetic)Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”).

  3. Synonym of greybeard (“experienced long-time member of a group”).

  4. Synonym of greybeard (“a bellarmine”).

More definitions
  • a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

Origin

From long + beard.

From long + beard.

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Forms

plural: longbeards
Singularlongbeard
Plurallongbeards

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
greybeard
Close in meaning
  • a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century):bellarminelong-beardgreybeard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
longA1longelongevitylongingly

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