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Gray-haired, perhaps
Answer for the clue "Gray-haired, perhaps ", 7 letters:
elderly
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged , older , senior ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a young/middle-aged/elderly couple ▪ A young couple with a baby have just moved into the house next door. frail elderly people ▪ frail elderly people the elderly population ▪ Should the entire elderly population ...
Usage examples of elderly.
An elderly family friend had abused her when she was six, and she had been indecently assaulted in a Gloucester park at the age of thirteen.
When Ace spotted the old cabin he saw an elderly man about to enter it, his arms full of firewood.
Bundesgrenzschutz a force of West German riot police who guard airports, embassies and the border and an elderly Englishman in a curious nautical uniform worn by the British Frontier Service, which acts as guides for ail British army patrols on land, air and river.
On his way back, at the Albergo La Luna, in Venice, he met an elderly Russian lady in whose company he spent most of his time there.
No elderly, overweight, unkempt and accented Polish Jew, long-retired from the snack bar business and needle trade, had ever managed an aperitif in the establishment, let alone membership.
He also made certain that the falchion was loose in the sheaththe broad, thick, heavy blade was centuries older than the elderly arquebus, but cold steel was at least always dependable, if well honed and hard-swung.
An elderly man answered the door and, when Setisia asked for Astell, requested her name.
The elderly woman seemed to be astonished at such a name, but the Lambertini gave no explanation.
She was watching an elderly Chinese couple helping each other up the steps into the vault when Mr Axt, leaning over the counter, signalled her.
An elderly mouselike man who was drinking at the bar beside him coughed apologetically and edged bashfully nearer.
As the girl, by whose beauty I was struck, did not understand the game, I offered her a seat by the fire, asking her to grant me the honour of keeping her company, whereupon the elderly woman who had brought her began to laugh, and said I should have some difficulty in getting her niece to talk about anything, adding, in a polite manner, that she hoped I would be lenient with her as she had only just left a convent.
An elderly couple, it chanced, had been walking behind Bibbs and Mary for the last block or so, and passed ahead during the removal of the soot.
Her former neighbor was still in a detention home for elderly offenders, undergoing psychological assessment to determine if he was fit to stand trial for his part in those long-ago deaths of Maggie Birk and his own newborn grandchild.
With these words I made my way out of the hall, and on turning my head round I saw that the two elderly men were keeping the young blockhead back.
All day spent with books has a rather exhausting effect on the mind, and he used to enjoy the fresh air sweeping up the dark Brooklyn streets, meditating some thought that had sprung from his reading, while Bock sniffed and padded along in the manner of an elderly dog at night.