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GREYBEARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

Synonyms:

bellarmine; greybeard; long-beard; longbeard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("greybeard" is a kind of...):

jug (a large bottle with a narrow mouth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A man who is very old

Synonyms:

graybeard; greybeard; Methuselah; old man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("greybeard" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greybeard"):

codger; old codger (used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man)

antique; gaffer; old-timer; old geezer; oldtimer (an elderly man)

patriarch (a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself)

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