fair-haired

[fair-haird]

adjective

1. having light-colored hair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fair-haired¹

First recorded in 1620–30; fair ¹ + hair + -ed ³

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. fair-haired boy, a person, especially a young one, treated as a favorite or considered especially promising by a superior or the members of a group.

   He's the fair-haired boy of the literary set.