longbeard

English

Etymology

From long + beard.

Noun

longbeard (plural longbeards)

  1. (literal) A man with a long beard.
  2. (poetic) Synonym of greybeard (an old man)
  3. Synonym of greybeard (experienced long-time member of a group)
    • 2009 January 31, Glenn Collins, “A Slow New York Passage, Up to Organic Food”, in New York Times:
      For those who have never navigated “Fairways,” as some longbeards call the original store — there are satellites in Harlem and Brooklyn and on Long Island, with another planned for New Jersey — it is a low-ceilinged warren under pitiless fluorescents.
  4. Synonym of greybeard (a bellarmine)

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