A beard is defined as a woman who dates, or marries, a gay man to provide cover for the mans homosexuality. The term also applies to a man who does the same for a lesbian woman.

What does the slang term beard mean?

24.128.69.169 16:53, 2 March 2007 (UTC) The term beard is not unique to the gay community at all -- at least as far back as the 50s and 60s, it was used in reference to situations where a married man who was having an affair would go out in public with his lover, and bring along a male friend -- the beard -- who