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

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The music video contains violent imagery of a young, dark-haired woman’s dead body and bloody knives. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 At another table, a young Black guy with facial tattoos was playing $100 hands and had developed a rollicking alliance with the white-haired geriatric at the other end of the table. Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 Hannah Montana is ready for her mic check, the blonde-haired superstar's first in nearly two decades. Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Block squirts out a capturing of Dreyfuss as a fuzzy-haired neurotic ping-ponging mood changes around the set. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 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 20 Mar. 2026.

Medical Definition

haired

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