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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

graybeard
    n 1: a man who is very old [syn: old man, greybeard,
         graybeard, Methuselah]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Graybeard \Gray"beard`\, n.
   An old man. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n.
   A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood
   of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded
   face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a
   leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following
   the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Thesaurus Results for graybeard:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard, elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, gray-headed person, grayhair, grisard, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran

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