BLOND

blond, blonde, light-haired

(adjective) being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; ā€œblond Scandinaviansā€; ā€œa house full of light-haired childrenā€

blond, blonde

(noun) a light grayish yellow to near white

blond, blonde

(noun) a person with fair skin and hair

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

blond (comparative blonder or more blond, superlative blondest or most blond)

Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

Alternative spelling of blonde

Noun

blond (plural blonds)

A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

A person with this hair color.

Usage notes

• This word can vary according to gender, with ā€œblondā€ being used of males and ā€œblondeā€ of women and girls, following French usage. However, some writers, especially in the United States, treat the spellings as interchangeable and use both gender-neutrally. Compare, for example, the 2000 non-fiction book Angry Blonde and the 2001 film Legally Blonde, the titles of which refer to male and female blonds respectively.

• Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired), fairheaded, flaxen, tow-haired, yellow-haired, and towhead(ed).

Verb

blond (third-person singular simple present blonds, present participle blonding, simple past and past participle blonded)

To color or dye blond

Source: Wiktionary


Blond, Blonde, a. Etym: [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See Blend, v. t. ]

Definition: Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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