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long⋅hair

  [lawng-hair, long-] Informal.
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–noun
1. Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
2. a person, often gifted, who is very interested in or devoted to the arts, esp. a performer, composer, or lover of classical music.
3. a person having long hair, esp. a hippie.
4. a cat having long fur.
–adjective Also, longhaired.
5. having long hair: a longhair cat.
6. of or characteristic of longhairs or their tastes.
Origin:
1915–20; long 1 + hair
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long·hair   (lông'hâr', lŏng'-)   
n.   Informal

  1. One dedicated to the arts and especially to classical music.

  2. One whose taste in the arts is considered to be overrefined.

  3. A person with long hair, especially a hippie.

long'hair', long'haired' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
longhair

  1. n.
    a highbrow with long hair; especially a musician. : There were a few longhairs at the bar, but none of the regulars.
  2. mod.
    highbrow; [of music] classical. : Longhair stuff like symphonies and art galleries bores me to tears.
  3. n.
    a hippy; a long-haired youth of the 1960s. (Usually derogatory.) : There are fewer longhairs around here than there were in the sixties.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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