A women who goes on a date with a gay man to mask the fact that he is gay.
Boss asks you and your girl friend to join him and his wife for dinner, you accept. ( Boss suffers from severe homophobia ). You need a beard.
by N Igma March 8, 2006
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A woman that a homosexual male dates or marries as a cover for his true sexuallity.
Everyone knew Don was gay. His wife, Sally, was just a beard.
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A woman who is dating a gay man and who unbeknownst to her is covering for his latent homosexuality.
"Greg doesn't really like Susan, she's just a beard."
by WeezieB March 3, 2006
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The amount of time it would take to get from one place to another, defined in terms of the amount of facial hair that could be grown before you get there.

From legendary Gower surfer, 'Bryn-Dogg.'
'It's about a beard in that direction', or 'Go that way for a beard', or 'It takes about a beard'.
by Olulabelle February 16, 2006
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A beard is a unit of time, 30 minutes to be exact. This is the amount of time it takes Mrs Rhodes from Newlaithes School to grow a beard.
"I'll be over in about a beard"
by ritek April 30, 2009
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1. A boy or girl hired as a celebritys boyfriend/girlfriend by that celebritys management, usually for publicity.
Fan 1: "Ugh, did you hear that Eleanor Calder is dating Louis Tomlinson of One Direction?"
Fan 2: "Lmao, no, she's a beard, duh!"
by larrystylinsonisreal January 28, 2014
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When a pop star is gay, management will give them a girlfriend to hide it. This is called a beard. It is usually referred to in a jokingly manor.
"are you gonna have a beard like Taylor Swift?"
"Look at louis' beard."
by ArrowDean06 February 4, 2021
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