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

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The summer vacation crowds thin, kids head back to school, and the snowbirds (of the silver-haired variety) haven’t yet made the migration down for peak winter season. Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025 Parker’s journey to opening his barbershop began after his grandmother took him to get his first short haired cut. Christine Tannous, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2025 It’s set in a small-town community in upstate New York, where the long-gray-haired and bearded Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin) is the contempo version of a fire-and-brimstone cult leader, preaching fury in the form of piety. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2025 But Leticia Gutierrez, a gray-haired Catholic nun, asked them to sit down. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 7 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

haired

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