graybeard

American

[grey-beerd] / ˈgreɪˌbɪərd /

Or greybeard

noun

Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
bellarmine.

Other Word Forms

graybearded adjective

Etymology

Origin of graybeard

First recorded in 1570–80; gray ¹ + beard

Example Sentences

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Allen will be the graybeard of a Chargers receivers group that has several promising pass-catchers.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a conceit that pays off the second a shambolic Michael Keaton makes his entrance as a graybeard puttering about a near-derelict Wayne Manor.

From New York Times

They might be a reality again as he keeps scoring into his graybeard years.

From Washington Post

Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.

From Los Angeles Times

After that, he became a Washington “graybeard,” a think-tanker on weapons proliferation to whom the intelligence community would occasionally turn to help figure out what the United States’ enemies were up to.

From Washington Post

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