whitebeard

noun

Definition of whitebeardnext
as in patriarch

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  1. patriarch
  2. graybeard
  3. senior citizen
  4. oldster
  5. ancient
  6. old-timer
Noun
  • The patriarch played multiple instruments and even formed a small family quartet with his wife and two of their children.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The voters might want to cash in their IOU here, but something tells me the Globes have one truly trashy TV pick in them for this year and will get their Ryan Murphy on with a win for Javier Bardem as the domineering Menendez patriarch.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of patriarch
Noun
  • The boss man certainly has a soft spot for the graybeard – and Whitworth literally has a graying beard – who's been so exceptional over the years while protecting quarterbacks Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford, which is only a small part of what he's meant to the Rams.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Immediately, four dogs bound out of a modest pine log cabin, barking their fool heads off; there's George, a fluffy Newfoundland with a graybeard's tired face; Bunny, an Old English sheepdog; and Shih Tzus Clementine and Bear, the latter of whom cannot and will not be befriended.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2021
Definition of graybeard
Noun
  • Among the future residents will be senior citizens to help try out ideas to make their lives better.
    Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Yet even with the proliferation of fluoride-containing toothpastes and dental sealants, tooth decay is still the most common chronic disease affecting American children, and the average senior citizen is missing at least 10 permanent teeth.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of senior citizen
Noun
  • Folks back in the day had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 36.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • The Duke is the true tale of an eccentric oldster who, in 1961, stole a Francisco Goya painting of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2022
Definition of oldster
Noun
  • Halfway down the Aegean coast, Smyrna, as Asia Minor ancients called it, was where East met West as an economic and cultural synapse at the end of the Silk Road.
    Alex Crevar, New York Times, 11 July 2024
  • Yet not only is there no Vena amoris (as it was dubbed), but there’s also little evidence to support the idea of ancients routinely wearing engagement rings.
    Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 2 May 2023
Definition of ancient
Noun
  • There were a lot of these old-timers at nostalgia-drag events—mobility impaired, sun-weathered to the point of absolute ravage, sometimes towing an oxygen tank.
    Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • It’s also sparked tension between old-timers clinging to their neighborhood’s middle-class roots and other city residents who embrace the coast as an urban oasis.
    Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of old-timer
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