fair-haired

American  

[fair-haird] / ˈfɛərˌhɛərd /

adjective

1. having light-colored hair.

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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.

Etymology

Origin of fair-haired

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

Example Sentences

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fair-haired

The baffling disappearance of a fair-haired, little boy from a remote Australian farm has been declared a major crime, with detectives pointing the finger at a suspect in his home.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

This is likely to have been a reference to eyewitness descriptions of a "fair-haired attacker", also known as the "blonde attacker", which the BBC revealed White resembled at the time of the murder.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2023

At a weekly outdoor market, Russian shoppers nearly outnumbered Turks, arriving with wheeled shopping baskets and fair-haired children in strollers to sample the olives and haggle with the cheese sellers.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

Stempel and Van Doren were an obvious contrast: The fair-haired and handsome Van Doren, and the relatively plain Stempel, a stocky, dark-haired man with glasses and a flat, nasally accent.

From Washington Times ● May 31, 2020

They tilt their heads in the same way, they are both small and fair-haired.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir