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[syn: old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n.
An old man. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
graybeard
n 1: a man who is very old [syn: old man, greybeard,
graybeard, Methuselah]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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