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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

greyhead en · NOUN

Etymology

From grey + head.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of grayhead.
    alt of grayhead
    • Alas, what greyhead perseveres! 1904, Thomas Hardy, 'Time’s Laughingstocks: A Summer Romance' in The Fortnightly Review
    • the theatre is predominated by the usual greyheads (average age one hundred) 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 42:

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greyheads Number=Plur lexicographic