Found 2 items, similar to Bellarmine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Bellarmine Bellarmine n 1: Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) [syn: Bellarmino, Cardinal Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmine ] 2: a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) [syn: longbeard, long-beard, graybeard]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bellarmine Bellarmine \Bel"lar*mine\, n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]