A fork of Rural Dictionary
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!"
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."
The practice of reality TV pseudo-celebs, primarily on the Discovery Channel, using product in their beards to give the appearance of a long, hard, straight beard, resembling the male mammal penile erection in appearance.
Neil: "Did you catch all those beard-ons on Discovery last night?" Bob: "I know, right? It's like they won't give you a show unless you're a visable douche..."
The significant other of a person who is gay... BUT they are of the opposite sex. A beard is used to make the world think the gay partner is straight. Sometimes the beard knows they're a beard, and sometimes they're being deceived.
"I didn't want her to think that I was Gay and I was hiding it from her, and that I was using her as like a "beard". 'Cause that's what the whole internet probably thinks!" - Shane Dawson, Coming Out Video.
An act that someone gay does when afraid to come out of the closet. usually this means dating a girl when you like guys just to coverup.
Person: that guys so bearding **guy walks down hall with girl but checks out a guy**
A boss ass beard that is grown by I.T professionals
Wow check out that guys IT beard, he must know what the fuck he's doing.