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long⋅hair

[lawng-hair, long-] Informal.
–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.
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