Translations for „greybeard“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈgrey·beard N

greybeard

Graubart m

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English

Genuine old timers were easily distinguished by their bright blue badges, and proudest among the greybeards were those who to badges could add medals well won in their country's service.

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All excellent reasons why it's time to impose a retirement age for our political greybeards.

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They are the greybeards of revolution.

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Imagine, then, how heartening it was to see one particular senior citizen actually playing in a manner befitting a greybeard.

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Down the ballot, candidates who normally would have relied on the party's greybeards to guide them scrambled to save themselves.

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Also, when you place a greybeard inside what seems a virtual world for adolescents, the danger of spending too much time with fantasy instead of reality becomes an implicit message.

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There is everyone fom greybeards ticking off a bucket list event with a $5000 car, to millionaires racing exotica with $500,000 engines (and writing them off).

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Sharp is the greybeard on that line, given that he's 30.

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He's not a rookie, but not a greybeard either.

thechronicleherald.ca

Nor were the wiseacres and greybeard of the community absent.

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