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longbeard en · NOUN

Etymology

From long + beard.

Meanings

1. (qualifier: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”).
   • 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. 2009 January 31, Glenn Collins, “A Slow New York Passage, Up to Organic Food”, in New York Times:
4. Synonym of greybeard (“a bellarmine”).

Forms

Relateds

Lombard · Langobard

Synonyms

greybeard · greybeard · greybeard