"white-haired" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English white-heered, white-harid, white-herede, whyte-harede, white hared, equivalent to white + haired. Compare Old Norse hvít-hárr and hvít-hærðr (“white-haired”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|white-heered}} Middle English white-heered, {{m|enm|white-harid}} white-harid, {{m|enm|white-herede}} white-herede, {{m|enm|whyte-harede}} whyte-harede, {{m|enm|white hared}} white hared, {{com|en|white|haired}} white + haired, {{cog|non|hvít-hárr}} Old Norse hvít-hárr, {{m|non|hvít-hærðr|t=white-haired}} hvít-hærðr (“white-haired”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} white-haired (not comparable)
  1. Having white hair, especially from old age. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: hoary, elderly, whitehaired Related terms: grey-haired, grizzled, grizzly, silver-haired, silvery-haired Translations (having white hair): λευκόθριξ (leukóthrix) (Ancient Greek), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab) (Arabic), pèl-blanc (Catalan), cabellblanc [masculine] (Catalan), hvidhåret (Danish), valkotukkainen (Finnish), valkohapsinen (Finnish), chenu (French), cano (Galician), weißhaarig (German), fehér/ősz hajú (Hungarian), bán (Irish), fionn (Irish), bánfholtach (Irish), ceannbhán (Irish), fionngheal (Irish), ceanngheal (Irish), бе́локос (bélokos) (Macedonian), hvithåret (Norwegian Bokmål), hvithåra (Norwegian Bokmål), kvithåret (Norwegian Bokmål), kvithåra (Norwegian Bokmål), kvithåra (Norwegian Nynorsk), białowłosy (Polish), grisalho (Portuguese), cão (Portuguese), peliblanco (Spanish), vithårig (Swedish)

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          "sense": "having white hair",
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          "sense": "having white hair",
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          "sense": "having white hair",
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          "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
      "word": "weißhaarig"
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
      "word": "bán"
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
      "word": "grisalho"
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      "sense": "having white hair",
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      "sense": "having white hair",
      "word": "peliblanco"
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      "sense": "having white hair",
      "word": "vithårig"
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