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  • haired
    haired
    adjective
    having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination).
  • -haired
    -haired
    adjective
    having hair as specified

haired

American  
[haird] / hɛərd /

adjective

  1. having hair of a specified kind (usually used in combination).

    dark-haired; long-haired.

  2. New England (chiefly Maine). angry, annoyed, or upset (often followed byup ).

    Don't get haired up over his insults.
-haired British  

adjective

  1. having hair as specified

    long-haired
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Etymology

Origin of haired

1350–1400; Middle English hered; see hair, -ed 3

Example Sentences

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Grey -haired, cigar -chewing Bobby Burns, bemedaled 31-year Air Force veteran, heard Bell out, called the terminal to verify his story, then rang up Tachikawa tower.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 47, grey -haired, jut-jawed Alvin George Brush sometimes feels like the old-woman-in-the-shoe.

From Time Magazine Archive

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