beard
- noun
- /bɪrd/
- Slang
- Or whatever a lesbian beard is.
Examples
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Carly is a lesbian, which makes us each other's beard.
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Whether she is a beard or bona fide, the reason he is with her is attention.
Blog text (1) -
I want you to be my beard.
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Are you sure you don't wanna be my beard?
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Many celebrities hire a beard to maintain their public image while keeping their private lives secret.
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She agreed to be his beard for the evening to help him avoid awkward questions at the party.
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In some cases, a beard can be a close friend who aids someone in hiding their true sexual orientation.
Idioms
- Informal
To confront a powerful person directly in their own place
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin sea animal that lives in a tube on the deep ocean floor and has tentacles
A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn
An annual plant with yellow flowers that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico
A plant with long groups of bright red flowers and yellow hairs on the lower part of the flower
- Archaic
A small narrow patch of chin hair shaped into a short point like an emperor's style
A small evergreen shrub with silvery leaves and pale yellow flowers often grown in gardens
Thick sideburns that grow down the cheeks and join along the jaw, with no mustache
- Specialized
A pale greenish-gray growth with long hairlike strands that hang from tree branches
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beard for a companion who hides someone's true partner comes from the idea of a beard as a 'cover' or disguise. A helpful way to remember is to think a beard 'covers' the truth, so a person who acts as a beard hides someone's real relationship.