gray-headed

[ grey-hed-id ]

/ ˈgreɪˈhɛd ɪd /

having gray hair.

of or relating to old age or old people.

old.

Origin of gray-headed

First recorded in 1525–35

But in the traditions of his followers, he is almost uniformly represented as an old, or as a gray-headed man.

A History of Philosophy in Epitome |Albert Schwegler
The man whom he saw entering slowly and reluctantly into the room behind Phebe, was gray-headed, bent, and abject.

Cobwebs and Cables |Hesba Stretton
This explains the allusion in “I stand here old and gray-headed.”

Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) |Melvin Randolph Gilmore
Meanwhile Cephalus, gray-headed and stricken in years, more weary than the others, sat silent and apart.

Half a Hundred Hero Tales |Various

The old, the gray-headed, strong iron men, and those who were feeble at once encircled him.

Pabo, The Priest |Sabine Baring-Gould