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grayhead

grayhead noun: a person with gray hair; an elderly person.

Noun

grayhead (plural grayheads)

  1. (Canada, US) A person with gray hair; an elderly person.
    • What is most troublesome to me is that our residents — no matter how much we grayheads or graybeards model the approach to history-taking from parents — learn that the checklist on the computer screen is the thing to look at, and not the living person describing their child and her problems.2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    greybeard, hoarhead

Synonyms of grayhead

Forms of grayhead

pluralgrayheads
alternative formgreyhead

Origin of grayhead

From gray + head.

Questions about grayhead

What does grayhead mean?
Grayhead means a person with gray hair; an elderly person.
What part of speech is grayhead?
Grayhead is a noun.
What is the plural of grayhead?
The plural of grayhead is grayheads.

Words near grayhead in the dictionary

  1. grayfriar
  2. grayfriars
  3. grayhaired
  4. grayhat
  5. grayhats
  6. grayhead
  7. grayheaded
  8. grayheads
  9. grayhen
  10. grayhens
  11. grayhound

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