red-headed

or red·head·ed

[ red-hed-id for 1; red-hed-id for 2 ]

adjective

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

Origin of red-headed

First recorded in 1555–65

Words Nearby red-headed

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How to use red-headed in a sentence

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For it appears his red-headed anathema really could be coming back into the royal fold.
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Abel is a red-headed giant, so Eli wears a lot of his hand-me-downs.
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For many years, it and "The red-headed League" were the two adventures most often reprinted in school textbooks.
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You get an ordinary, grinning, red-headed boy, and you have to educate him.
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For almost an hour then he lay considering solemnly whether a red-headed girl could possibly be pretty.
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"red-headed party found at Woodstock," the valiant sleuth had wired with unusual delicacy and caution.
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By his side was Bob Berkley, and behind him was a red-headed Falin whom she well remembered.
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Three miles up that fork they came upon a red-headed man leading his horse from a mountaineer's yard.
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British Dictionary definitions for red-headed

red-headed

adjective

(of a person) having red hair
(of an animal) having a red head

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