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

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

A fair-haired boy is preparing to climb a tree branch, as his brother steadies it.

From BBC

The same year she married a “fair-haired, blue-eyed boy with the cheekiest grin I’d ever seen”.

From BBC

The 2000 summary document asks if Z3 was the “blonde offender”, a reference to an unidentified fair-haired lead attacker described by eyewitnesses to the murder.

From BBC

The other was Lance Kenton, 20, lean and fair-haired, his posture as straight as a soldier’s.

From Los Angeles Times