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bearded

adjective

beard·​ed ˈbir-dəd How to pronounce bearded (audio)
Synonyms of beardednext
: having a beard
a bearded man
beardedness noun

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Yasmina willingly changes her career plans, and her eagerness to leave Lebanon, a country in constant crisis, for the chance of spending more time with her childhood boyfriend turned bearded agent of chaos. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025 Josh Kendall , a Georgia native, has been following the Falcons since Jeff Van Note was the richly bearded face of the franchise. Josh Kendall, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025 Certainly the grodiest show on TV this year, Death by Lightning revels in the thrill of watching scraggly bearded dudes duke it out over 19th-century American politics, with a sharp eye to the way those disputes linger 150 years later. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Zoo Miami plans to take multiple Seaquarium reptiles, including a bearded dragon, a python and two black-and-white tegus. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bearded

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bearded was before the 12th century

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“Bearded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bearded. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.

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