: having hair especially of a specified kind
usually used in combination
dark-haired

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Buck Martinez, the silver-haired broadcaster of the Toronto Blue Jays, was a popular man while wheeling his luggage out of Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night. Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Both our fine- and thick-haired testers were wowed by the glossy finish of Wella Professionals’ Ultimate Smooth Miracle Oil Serum. Lily Wohlner, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025 The blond bob doesn’t last long before she’s swept on stage as her very own brown-haired doppelgänger. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025 Instead, the parking lot was filled with silver-haired grandparents who had arrived promptly to retrieve children and ferry them home or to extracurricular activities. Marina Lopes, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for haired

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of haired was in the 14th century

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“Haired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haired. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

Medical Definition

haired

adjective
: having hair especially of a specified kind
usually used in combination
red-haired
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