Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unshaven.

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Examples

  • His beard was splotched with gray, as was the hair which hung in short, unbarbered strands about his ears.

    The White Desert Courtney Ryley Cooper 1913

  • That was the mark of an Allan serf; long, unbarbered hair, like some wild barbarian tribesman from the desert, like one of the Bedu, the nomads who had no king, only tribal rulers.

    Joust Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • None could enter the ring with their homs unbarbered.

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • Standing in his tent door, Kynthides eyed the centaur with disfavor, from his unbarbered hair to the particularly clumsy bandage on his off fetlock.

    The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984

  • She hasn't changed much, either'still as unbarbered a mess as ever.

    Children of the Lens Smith, E. E. 1954

  • We were picked out of the usual jabbering, jostling, gibbering crowd of natives by our host, who, looking most enviably cool and clean, took his heated, dishevelled, and unbarbered guests off to a comfortable carriage, and we were quickly sped towards tiffin and a bath.

    A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

  • As the popularity of shaving spread through most of the world, men of unshaven societies became known as "barbarians," meaning the "unbarbered."

    Voodoo Extreme 2009

  • Mosquitoes with tiger-striped bodies and feathery beards of an iris, their wings and legs the dun wisps of an unbarbered boy, their spindly legs the tendrils of an orchid, the blades of a gnome’s sleigh.

    Buzzy Book - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Mosquitoes with tiger-striped bodies and feathery beards of an iris, their wings and legs the dun wisps of an unbarbered boy, their spindly legs the tendrils of an orchid, the blades of a gnome’s sleigh.

    Buzzy Book - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

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