red-headed

or red·head·ed

[ red-hed-id red-hed-id ]

adjective

1. having red hair, as a person.
2. having a red head, as an animal, especially a bird.

red-headed

adjective

1. (of a person) having red hair
2. (of an animal) having a red head

Word History and Origins

Origin of red-headed¹

First recorded in 1555–65

Example Sentences

Ygritte, the red-headed wildling archer who once loved (and lost) Jon Snow, has breached the walls of Castle Black.

From The Daily Beast

For it appears his red-headed anathema really could be coming back into the royal fold.

From The Daily Beast

Abel is a red-headed giant, so Eli wears a lot of his hand-me-downs.

From The Daily Beast

For many years, it and "The Red-Headed League" were the two adventures most often reprinted in school textbooks.

From The Daily Beast

You get an ordinary, grinning, red-headed boy, and you have to educate him.

From Project Gutenberg

For almost an hour then he lay considering solemnly whether a red-headed girl could possibly be pretty.

From Project Gutenberg

"Red-headed party found at Woodstock," the valiant sleuth had wired with unusual delicacy and caution.

From Project Gutenberg

By his side was Bob Berkley, and behind him was a red-headed Falin whom she well remembered.

From Project Gutenberg

Three miles up that fork they came upon a red-headed man leading his horse from a mountaineer's yard.

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