WordNet
imperial beard
n. a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III [syn: imperial]
Usage examples of "imperial beard".
He was bald, even of eyebrows, from his forehead to the caput of his head, but he compensated for that with an imperial beard and thick, upturned mustaches that extended like a frame far on either side of his face.
He had a tall, narrow head without a hair upon it anywhere, a white imperial beard upon his chin which reminded me of Zaharoff s own, and pince-nez upon his nose, attached to his lapel by a wide ribbon of brilliant crimson silk.
It was an Imperial beard and it made him resemble the early photographs of Lenin.