Definition of Hoarhead

1. a hoary-headed old man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoarhead

hoar-frosts
hoar frost
hoard
hoarded
hoarded wealth
hoarder
hoarders
hoarding
hoardingly
hoardings
hoards
hoared
hoarfrost
hoarfrosted
hoarfrosts
hoarhead (current term)
hoarheads
hoarhound
hoarhounds
hoarier
hoariest
hoarily
hoariness
hoarinesses
hoaring
hoars
hoarse
hoarsely
hoarsen
hoarsened

Literary usage of Hoarhead

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... hoarhead (rare or literary), cuff (contemptuous; chiefly used with "old"), grisard (rare); spec, patriarch, Nestor (fig.), doyen. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws; Or, Private International Law by Francis Wharton (1906)
"Linton v. the transfer was made, apparently in hoarhead (Pa.) 59 Atl. 264. Great Britain, by a married woman So, the capacity of a married domiciled there, ..."

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