grayheaded
An adjective meaning having gray hair — typically used as a marker of age or experience.
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An adjective meaning having gray hair — typically used as a marker of age or experience. Common in North American English, used descriptively in everyday speech and writing. The word implies elderly status without being overtly derogatory; in some contexts it conveys wisdom or long experience.
A grayheaded man at the back of the room raised his hand and said he'd seen this same argument thirty years ago.
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(North America) Having gray hair; elderly.
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