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grey-headed

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adj.1.same as gray-headed.
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Adj.1.grey-headed - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
grey-haired, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, gray
old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"


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A carriage with arms on its panels had stopped at the inn, and as a smart footman opened the door, a fine grey-headed military-looking man stepped out and strode hurriedly up the inn steps.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
When this topic flagged, he turned with a smile to the grey-headed gentleman, and asked if he could sing.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
The father--he is called Gorshkov--is a little grey-headed tchinovnik who, seven years ago, was dismissed from public service, and now walks about in a coat so dirty and ragged that it hurts one to see it.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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