grayhead

English

Alternative forms

• greyhead

Etymology

From gray +‎ head.

Noun

grayhead (plural grayheads)

1. (Canada, US) A person with gray hair; an elderly person.
   • 2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times‎:

     What is most troublesome to me is that our residents — no matter how much we grayheads or graybeards model the approach to history-taking from parents — learn that the checklist on the computer screen is the thing to look at, and not the living person describing their child and her problems.

Synonyms

• greybeard, hoarhead; see also Thesaurus:old person