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greyhead

greyhead is the alternative spelling of grayhead.

Meaning of grayhead

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

Forms of greyhead

pluralgreyheads

Origin of greyhead

From grey + head.

Questions about greyhead

What is greyhead the alternative spelling of?
Greyhead is the alternative spelling of grayhead.

Words near greyhead in the dictionary

  1. Greygler
  2. Greyglers
  3. greyhaired
  4. greyhat
  5. greyhats
  6. greyhead
  7. greyheaded
  8. greyheads
  9. greyhen
  10. greyhens
  11. greyhound

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