beardling en · NOUN
Etymology
From beard + -ling.
Meanings
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(archaic) One who wears a beard.
bicause at your departing you had no berd at al, now you become a handsome beardling.
1568, Desiderius Erasmus, trans by Nicholas Leigh, Of the yong man and the euill disposed woman, page 1
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beardlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |