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blue-bearded

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having thick, dark facial hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1875, Charles Dickens, "In the French-Flemish Country" in The Uncommercial Traveller, The Works of Charles Dickens, National Edition, Volume XXX, London: Chapman & Hall, 1907, p. 354, https://archive.org/details/uncommercialtrav0030dick Blue-bearded though they were, and bereft of the youthful smoothness of cheek which is imparted by what is termed in Albion a ‘Whitechapel shave’ (and which is, in fact, whitening, judiciously applied to the jaws with the palm of the hand), I recognised them.

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adj

Meaning 2

Characterized by a tuft or other part of a bluish colour, resembling a beard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: As part of the names of plants and animals

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