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

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Born in 1928, the curly-haired cutie was launched into stardom with the release of the Fox studios feature film Stand Up and Cheer! Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2026 With soaring eagles and an American flag waving in the background, the image shows the president touching the head of a gray-haired man as if to heal him. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 Romy Blümel sent a crimson-haired Muriel Spark portrait for Miranda Seymour’s essay on a new biography of the Dame, as well as an edition of her letters. Leanne Shapton, The New York Review of Books, 15 Apr. 2026 Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 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 25 Apr. 2026.

Medical Definition

haired

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