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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Alice’s former friend and cousin, Kurt (Chamberlain), a bearded symbol of what might still be for Alice minus Edgar, but who ends up being little more than a pawn in their toxic, psychological games. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 And so Heyerdahl recast the island’s earliest settlers as members of a Caucasian race who had migrated from what is now Iraq or Turkey to the Americas and then across the Pacific, and who were tall, fair, blue-eyed, and bearded—not unlike Heyerdahl himself, as Pitts wryly observes. Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Now the bearded Hurst will swap sides to lend his gruff voice and stature to the antihero role. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026 Forget Rose Byrne's bearded dragon. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026 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 14 Feb. 2026.

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