graybeard

gray·beard

 (grā′bîrd′)

n.

1. An old man.

2. A person considered to have extensive or valuable experience in something: "His appointment as interim C.E.O. suggests that the firm has placed a financial graybeard at the helm while it searches for a more permanent new leader" (New York Times).

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gray•beard

(ˈgreɪˌbɪərd)

n.

a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.

[1570–80]

gray′beard′ed, adj.

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Noun

1.

graybeard - a man who is very old     greybeard, old man, Methuselah codger, old codger - used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person antique, gaffer, old geezer, oldtimer, old-timer - an elderly man patriarch - a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

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