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beardling

beardling noun: one who wears a beard.

Noun

beardling (plural beardlings)

  1. (archaic) One who wears a beard.
    • bicause at your departing you had no berd at al, now you become a handsome beardling.1568, Desiderius Erasmus, trans by Nicholas Leigh, Of the yong man and the euill disposed woman, page 1

Forms of beardling

pluralbeardlings

Origin of beardling

From beard + -ling.

Questions about beardling

What does beardling mean?
Beardling means one who wears a beard.
What part of speech is beardling?
Beardling is a noun.
What is the plural of beardling?
The plural of beardling is beardlings.

Words near beardling in the dictionary

  1. beardlets
  2. beardletted
  3. beardlike
  4. beardline
  5. beardlines
  6. beardling
  7. beardlings
  8. beardly
  9. Beardmore
  10. Beardmores
  11. beardo

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