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blonde

[ blond ]

adjective

  1. (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.


noun

  1. a woman or girl having this coloration.

blonde

/ blɒnd /

adjective

  1. (of women's hair) of a light colour; fair
  2. (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes
  3. (of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour


noun

  1. a person, esp a woman, having light-coloured hair and skin
  2. Also calledblonde lace a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk

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Spelling Note

The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all people: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to all people ( an energetic blond girl; two blond sons ), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.

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Derived Forms

  • ˈblondeness, noun

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Other Words From

  • blondeness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blonde1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of blonde1

C15: from Old French blond (fem blonde ), probably of Germanic origin; related to Late Latin blundus yellow, Italian biondo , Spanish blondo

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Example Sentences

One guy hams it up as Juliet, blonde wig and all, as a crowd gathers, delighted by the impromptu performance.

Blonde kids named Kyle and Zack cheered on Los Doyers while wearing jerseys with “Valenzuela” on the back.

Thousands of platinum-blonde manes brush against bare, perma-tanned backs moist with snow.

For me at least, the singer and the songs on Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited are indivisible.

A few were rock songs of roughly the same vintage as Highway 61 or Blonde on Blonde.

Whereat, he stepped to one side, and led upon the stage, a charming blonde who was greeted profusely.

He was a manly young fellow, a sportsman and renowned at cricket, and she was amiable and pretty, a little blonde beauty.

At the invitation of the blonde stenographer at the desk, he squatted on a chair and lighted a cigarette.

An indolent blonde, fond of dancing, but a nonentity from both the moral and the intellectual standpoints.

A stout woman with a muddy blonde complexion splotched with freckles.

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