Definition of Longbeard

1. Noun. A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).

Exact synonyms: Bellarmine, Greybeard, Long-beard
Generic synonyms: Jug

Definition of Longbeard

1. Noun. A male senior citizen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longbeard

long weekend
long weekends
long whist
longa
longan
longanberry
longanimities
longanimity
longanimous
longanimously
longans
longar palm
longas
longbeak
longbeaks
longbeard (current term)
longbeards
longboard
longboarded
longboarder
longboarders
longboarding
longboards
longboat
longboats
longbow
longbowman
longbowmen
longbows
longcase

Literary usage of Longbeard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Angevin Empire, Or The Three Reigns of Henry II, Richard I, and John (A by James Henry Ramsay (1903)
"of one William fitz Osbert, surnamed longbeard or Bearded William. He was a man of good civic position, had joined the London longbeard . contingent for the ..."

2. History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and Its by Augustin Thierry (1847)
"FROM THE ACCESSION OF KING RICHARD I. TO THE EXECUTION OF THE SAXON, WILLIAM longbeard. 1190—1196. State of Ireland under the Anglo-Normans—Three ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1841)
"longbeard, Lord of Loudon : a Romance. London : Bull. 5. Night and Morning; a Novel. By the Author of " Eugene Aram,' &c. 3 Vols. ..."

4. The History of England: From the Earliest Period to 1839 by Thomas Keightley (1843)
"longbeard. THE title of Richard to the crown of England was so clear, that he remained for more than a month in France after the death of his father, ..."

5. Meyers Grosses Konversations-Lexikon: Ein Nachschlagewerk des allgemeinen by Hermann Julius Meyer (1909)
"... feine «History of Robert the Devil г (1591 ï unb »Life and death of W.longbeard« (1593). .... longbeard ..."

6. The Scholar's History of England by James H[enry] Ramsay (1903)
"of one William fitz Osbert, surnamed longbeard or Bearded William. ... longbeard maintained that the taxes were so assessed as to throw an unfair proportion ..."

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