blond
- noun
- /blɑnd/
- They're natural blondes.
- blondes and brunettes
- blue-eyed blondes
- blondes have more fun
Examples
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Like many Dutchmen, he was flax blond and a bit pink from the newfound sunshine of the tropics.
Fiction book (1998) -
Their hair varied only in color, from dark blond to dark brown.
Fiction book (1990) -
I believe you just saved my life!" The blond laughs again.
Fiction book (1996) -
How many rich blonds could there be?
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The blond is great.
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Jeffries stared at the blond with the first hint of surprise Dave had ever seen him show.
Fiction book (1990) -
I met a few girls at Oxford who were still in their late teens... blondes were best, and redheads.
Fiction book (1996) -
The little boy with the blond hair played happily in the park.
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She admired the blond girl who just won the singing competition.
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At the beach, I noticed a group of blonds building sandcastles together.
Synonyms
A person with light yellow hair
A person with very pale silvery hair often made by bleaching
A person, often a child, with very light blond hair
A person whose hair is dyed or bleached to look blonde rather than naturally blonde
A person with light yellow or pale gold hair
A person, often a woman, whose hair is bleached very light blonde
A person who makes their hair very light by bleaching it with peroxide
Antonyms
Compounds
How Light
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blond for a person with light hair comes from an old French word blond meaning 'fair' or 'yellow'. It first described hair and then came to mean 'a person with light hair', so calling someone 'a blond' points to that pale, yellowish hair.