blonde

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adjective
  1. (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.

noun
  1. a woman or girl having this coloration.

Origin of blonde

1
see origin at blond

usage note For blonde

The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all people: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to all people ( an energetic blond girl; two blond sons ), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.

Other words from blonde

  • blondeness, noun

Words that may be confused with blonde

  • blond, blonde (see usage note at the current entry)

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How to use blonde in a sentence

  • Lady de Culme won't hear of the Queen of Blondes; has forbidden her these many years!'

  • And as her cape blew aside, I noticed the violet silk she wore, of that blended blue and purple so becoming to blondes.

  • The girls were two healthy-looking lasses, both blondes with rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes.

  • The keys are arranged in two rows—short, fat blondes in front, and tall, skinny brunettes behind.

    Bizarre | Lawton Mackall
  • The clerks eyes began popping, so did the blondes and those of a score of spectators, including four hard-faced MVD boys.

    Satan and the Comrades | Ralph Bennitt

British Dictionary definitions for blonde

blonde

/ (blɒnd) /


adjective
  1. (of women's hair) of a light colour; fair

  2. (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes

  1. (of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour

noun
  1. a person, esp a woman, having light-coloured hair and skin

  2. Also called: blonde lace a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk

Origin of blonde

1
C15: from Old French blond (fem blonde), probably of Germanic origin; related to Late Latin blundus yellow, Italian biondo, Spanish blondo

Derived forms of blonde

  • blondeness, noun

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