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- [fair haird]
- /fɛər hɛərd/
- /feə(r) -heəd/
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- [fair haird]
- /fɛər hɛərd/
Definitions of fair-haired word
- adjective fair-haired having light-colored hair. 1
- idioms fair-haired fair-haired boy, Informal. 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. 1
- adjective fair-haired blond, blonde 1
- adjective fair-haired person: favoured 1
- adjective fair-haired having blonde or light-coloured hair 0
- adjective fair-haired having blond hair 0
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Origin of fair-haired
First appearance:
before 1620 One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1620-30; fair1 + hair + -ed3
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Parts of speech for Fair-haired
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fair-haired popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for fair-haired
adj fair-haired
- darling — You call someone darling if you love them or like them very much.
- fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- favored — regarded or treated with preference or partiality: Her beauty made her the favored child.
- fortunate — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- lucky — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
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