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greybeard
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a man who is very old [syn: old man , graybeard , Methuselah ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An old man. 2 metaphorically, any of the members of a group who have been there the longest (regardless of actual age or gender.)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
greybeard \grey"beard\ n. a man who is old. Syn: old man.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Greybeard is a science fiction novel by British author Brian Aldiss , published in 1964 .
Usage examples of greybeard.
Even Lij Mikhael forsook his Etonian manners and joined in the delighted examination of the hoard, pushing aside an old greybeard of seventy to take his place at the Vickers gun and triggering off a noisy squabble amongst the others in which Gareth diplomatically intervened.
Greybeards pulled rickshas, pushed wheelbarrows of coal and wood to bakeries and palaces, strained their backs until the muscles stood forth like ropes and they pushed and pulled the heavy carts of merchandise over the cobbled roads, ate frugally of their scanty food, slept their brief nights out, and were silent.
My lord knew what danger lurked in those bright eyes, and like a prudent greybeard he took care not to fall into the snare.
Although he wore the green turban of an emir, he was not a greybeard but a warrior in his prime, and he rode with the menace of a couched lance, slim, supple and deadly.
I could raise perhaps another two hundred, and some of those would either be greybeards or children.
Lung infections had begun to show among the old and the very young, and eleven greybeards had died so far in the first month of snow.
Androv and the two other greybeards of the company were already stretched unmoving on the ground.
Dirk turned to help one of the other greybeards, but Dicea threw herself into his arms first.