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Graybeard

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patriarchnoun(biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
bellarminenounA stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
longbeardnoun(poetic) Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”).

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bellarminenounA stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation.
longbeardnoun(poetic) Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”).
patriarchnoun(biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
oldsternoun(informal, sometimes disrespectful) Someone who is old.
greyheadnounAlternative spelling of grayhead. [(Canada, US) A person with gray hair; an elderly person.]
grandaddynounAlternative spelling of granddaddy. [(informal) A grandfather.]
grand-daddynounAlternative spelling of granddaddy. [(informal) A grandfather.]
graymuzzlenounAlternative form of greymuzzle. [(furry fandom) An older member of the furry subculture.]
graylagnounAlternative spelling of greylag. [A large grey European goose, Anser anser, with pink legs and dull orange beak.]
graybacknounAlternative spelling of greyback. [(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).]
greegreenounAlternative form of gris-gris. [An African, or Afro-American, charm or talisman.]
gray ladynoun(historical) A female volunteer for the American Red Cross during the World War I and World War II eras.
grampappynounAlternative form of grandpappy. [(informal) A grandfather.]
bardynounAlternative form of bardie. [(Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.]
graymalkinnounAlternative form of grimalkin (“a cat”). [A cat, especially an elderly female.]
gib catnounAlternative spelling of gib-cat. [(obsolete) A male cat, especially an old or castrated one.]
gadgenoun(colloquial) Gadget.
rustygutsnounAlternative form of rusty guts. [(informal, often as a nickname) A blunt, rough old fellow.]
bardeenounAlternative form of bardie. [(Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.]
gray ambernounAlternative spelling of grey amber. [(rare) Ambergris.]

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