white-head·ed

[hwahyt-hed-id, wahyt-]
adjective
1.
white-haired ( def 1 ).
2.
having fair or flaxen hair.
3.
being especially favored; fair-haired: He's the company's white-headed boy.

Origin:
1515–25

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