hoary-headed

[ hawr-ee-hed-id, hohr- ]

/ ˈhɔr iˈhɛd ɪd, ˈhoʊr- /

having the gray or white hair of advanced age.

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First recorded in 1590–1600

I can fancy the hoary-headed villain gloating hideously over us now.
Sword and Gown|George A. Lawrence
And when the hoary-headed bird rose, a golden eagle, larger and more powerful, began to contest with him for the prey.
Tales of Fishes|Zane Grey
Afterward the thought occurred to him of "the hoary-headed swain" and the "Epitaph."
Nineteenth Century Questions|James Freeman Clarke
Tell me, Bertha, what did that hoary-headed Roman, when his daughter—like you— how can I speak it!
Fiesco or, The Genoese Conspiracy|Friedrich Schiller

And the hoary-headed man, and his wife, and his daughter were sorrowful.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest