Blonde
[blɒnd] or [blɑnd]
Definition
(v. t.) Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
(n.) A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.
(n.) A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.
Checker: Peggy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Fair, light, flaxen.
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Definition
n. a person of fair complexion with light hair and blue eyes—opp. to Brunette.—adj. of a fair complexion: fair.
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Examples
- No, let it grow a little longer and I could cut mine and we'd be just alike only one of us blonde and one of us dark. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She was not a blonde, like Caroline. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My dearest, Dick is as much in love with that wicked little brunette, as I am with a certain charming blonde. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The lady was young, blonde, and dressed in blue. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She wore what seemed to me to be a nurse's uniform, was blonde and had a tawny skin and gray eyes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There were plenty of pretty faces to admire, but the young man took little notice of them, except to glance now and then at some blonde girl in blue. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I mean the tall blonde English young lady. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A fine blonde like she is. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A demi-blonde? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You took a demi-blonde this noon. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Xenia