ancient vs longbeard

ancient

noun
  • A person who is very old. 

  • One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. 

  • A person who lived in ancient times. 

adj
  • Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. 

  • Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. 

  • Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. 

longbeard

noun
  • Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”) 

  • A man with a long beard. 

  • Synonym of greybeard (“experienced long-time member of a group”) 

  • Synonym of greybeard (“a bellarmine”) 

How often have the words ancient and longbeard occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )