greyhead

English

Etymology

grey +‎ head

Noun

greyhead (plural greyheads)

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

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