Graybeard

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  • noun. An old man.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A man with a gray beard; an old man.
  • noun. Same as bellarmine.
  • noun. The common sertularian hydroid polyp which infests oyster-beds, Sertularia argentea. When it forms patches on the shells, the oysters are said to hair up.
  • Having a gray beard; old.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An old man.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of greybeard.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a man who is very old
    • Word Usage
    "When Obama visited CIA headquarters last year in Langley, Virginia, he praised Kappes as the "graybeard" at the agency."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adult male  golden ager  man  old person  oldster  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    antique  codger  gaffer  old codger  old geezer  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Bk  cisco  dancing-master  dotard  fifer  
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    Father Time  Methuselah  Nestor  Old Paar  centenarian  
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