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blond person

blond person

1 1.0
A person with light yellow or pale gold hair
  • noun
  • /blɑnd ˈpɜrsən/
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  • She is a blond person with striking blue eyes and a lovely smile.

Examples

  • Make friends with the right blond people.

  • But the analogy with blond people doesn't work because there is no centuries-old blond faith tradition that holds that being blond is the only true hair color and that all non-blondes are fools or wicked, deserving of death.

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  • At the beach, I met a blond person who looked like a model.

  • The festival featured a blond person dressed in traditional attire from their country.

Synonyms

blond
vsblond person
47 1.0

A person with light-colored hair

includes fair skin as a defining feature not just hair
blondie
vsblond person
  • Informal
9 4.0

A person with light yellow hair

is used for any gender rather than mainly females
towhead
vsblond person
1 8.8

A person, often a child, with very light blond hair

has light hair that is less extremely pale

Antonyms

20 1.5

A person with dark hair like black or brown

3 2.1

Having dark brown or black hair

How Light

blond person
1 1.0
light-haired
1 2.6
brown-haired
4 1.0
dark-haired
20 1.5

Surface Forms

blond person singular
blond people plural

Morphology

blond + person

The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'blond' (having pale, light-colored hair) and 'person' (a human), so the meaning 'a person with light-colored hair' is directly derivable from the constituents. This adjective+noun pattern is morphologically regular and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

The noun blond person comes from a word for pale yellow hair, so imagine blond hair like pale gold or ripe wheat. That's why it means 'a person with light-colored hair and fair skin'.