: having hair especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
dark-haired
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Two sixth-grade boys appeared, one tall and floppy-haired, the other wiry and blond.
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Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Here, the bakers are seniors, the decor is straight out of your grandparents’ house, and the idea is that these silver-haired bakers flex their culinary skills and that younger and not-so-young people can chit-chat.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2026
According to the eccentric, white-haired political figure, his primary reference points for Miami before this year were the movie Scarface and a 1989 Carl Hiaasen novel about a rogue plastic surgeon.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Most of the crowd on Monday was gray-haired and already paired up; this was also true at Brooks’s previous three lectures at Yale this spring, which were later streamed on YouTube.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
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Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Here, the bakers are seniors, the decor is straight out of your grandparents’ house, and the idea is that these silver-haired bakers flex their culinary skills and that younger and not-so-young people can chit-chat.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2026
According to the eccentric, white-haired political figure, his primary reference points for Miami before this year were the movie Scarface and a 1989 Carl Hiaasen novel about a rogue plastic surgeon.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Most of the crowd on Monday was gray-haired and already paired up; this was also true at Brooks’s previous three lectures at Yale this spring, which were later streamed on YouTube.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Haired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haired. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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haired
adjective
: having hair especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
red-haired
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