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n. - A man who is very old.

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  • Ibn Jubair is long dead; what we're really interested in, 'greybeard', is how long did it take you to walk to Makka, then?
  • Among others expected to run for the job are Mr Miliband's brother Ed, as well as his former cabinet colleague Ed Balls, with other contenders possibly including party...
  • They'd hush me, like a garrulous greybeard, chaired
  • Kellman was a greybeard, at least as old as me, unarmed.
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