greybeard
English
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) An old man.
- (figurative) Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience.
- (historical) A coarse earthenware vessel for holding liquor; a bellarmine.
Etymology
Compound from English grey + English beard.
Origin
English
beard
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Blackbeard English
- Bluebeard English
- Lombard English
- Redbeard English
- beard English
- beard-second English
- beardage English
- bearded English
- beardfish English
- beardgrass English
- beardie English
- beardish English
- beardism English
- beardist English
- beardless English
- beardlet English
- beardlike English
- beardline English
- beardling English
- beardly English
- beardo English
- beardtongue English
- beardy English
- blue-grey English
- debeard English
- forkbeard English
- grey English
- grey-blue English
- grey-haired English
- greyback English
- greyboard English
- greybody English
- greyen English
- greyers English
- greyfriar English
- greyhead English
- greyish English
- greylead English
- greyline English
- greylist English
- greyly English
- greymuzzle English
- greyness English
- greyscale English
- greyschist English
- greystone English
- greyware English
- greywater English
- greywether English
- hawksbeard English
- longbeard English
- neckbeard English
- nongrey English
- nosebeard English
- pinko-grey English
- seabeard English
- treebeard English
- ungrey English
- whitebeard English
- グレイ Japanese
- berd Middle English
- grey Middle English
- gre Tok Pisin
- grepela Tok Pisin
- grey
- beard
- beardy
- greyly
- greyen
- beardo
- ungrey
- greyers
- greyish
- bearded
- Lombard
- beardly
- nongrey
- debeard
- beardie
- Redbeard
- greyhead
- beardlet
- greyness
- greyback
- beardism
- greyline
- beardish
- greybody
- beardist
- seabeard
- greyware
- greylist
- beardage
- greylead
- blue-grey
- beardlike
- Bluebeard
- beardline
- greyscale
- greyfriar
- greystone
- grey-blue
- beardling
- treebeard
- beardless
- beardfish
- longbeard
- greywater
- neckbeard
- nosebeard
- greyboard
- forkbeard
- whitebeard
- Blackbeard
- greyschist
- pinko-grey
- greymuzzle
- greywether
- beardgrass
- hawksbeard
- beardtongue
- grey-haired
- beard-second