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greybeard

[ grey-beerd ]

noun

  1. a variant of graybeard.


greybeard

/ ˈɡreɪˌbɪəd /

noun

  1. an old man, esp a sage
  2. a large stoneware or earthenware jar or jug for spirits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈgreyˌbearded, adjective
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Example Sentences

Other areas of society could benefit from similar reflection, because antiracism in science will be about much more than challenging the bigoted greybeards of our past.

It was on the curriculum at my high school in Paris, but its image was pretty crusty – philosophers were greybeards who wrote convoluted sentences and looked as if they might need a good wash, right?

Of course, there were the greybeard quarterbacks benefiting from fewer practices and less pummeling, favorable rules and a league bent on protecting them like the golden geese they are.

He also wrote drily to a friend in late 1847: “It would be pleasant to have the Nantucket girl carry off the prize from all the greybeards and observatories in Europe.”

From Nature

The stocky greybeard at the foot of the stairs shook a finger at me, as if to say he'd deal with me later, then hastened away.

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