Fair-haired
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Fair-haired is an adjective meaning Having fair hair.
Meaning
Having fair hair.
More Meanings
- Given special treatment as a favorite.
Example Sentences
Thou fair-haired angel of the evening, / Now, while the sun rests on the mountains, light / Thy bright torch of love!
Tom the woodcutter was even taller, broader and fairer-haired than John the woodcutter, though there wasn’t all that much between them in the gormlessness stakes.
Not noticeably belonging to any one group is often upsetting, and these feelings of isolation, of not fitting in, easily carry over into adolescence—a time when everyone, even the fairest-haired among us, must struggle awfully hard just to seem seminormal.
Word Forms
- fairer-haired
- fairest-haired
- fairhaired
Synonyms for fair-haired
Depending on context, synonyms include blond, blue-eyed, white-haired.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include blue-eyed, loved, white-haired, fairish, fair, fair-skinned.
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