graybeard

gray·beard

G0243700 (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).

gray•beard

(ˈgreɪˌbɪərd)

n. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage. [1570–80] gray′beard′ed, adj.

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graybeard - a man who is very old greybeard, old man, Methuselahcodger, old codger - used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old manadult 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 personantique, gaffer, old geezer, oldtimer, old-timer - an elderly manpatriarch - a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself