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

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No sooner does Aemond arrive than the silver-white-haired warrior sticks his blade into the smooth-talking Harrenhal caretaker, Ser Simon Strong, played by British thespian Simon Russell Beale. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Winning like a Feeney Due to some sloppy defensive errors from the silver-haired infield, the Feeneys allowed more runs in the top of the seventh. Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Haugh, the blond-haired, blue-eyed All-American kid from New Oxford, Pennsylvania, and Condon, the affable, yet rugged Australian from Perth, seemed to have little in common beyond basketball. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 That’s a different, brown-haired and blurry woman who literally never comes into focus throughout the vid. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 June 2026 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 4 Jul. 2026.

Medical Definition

haired

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