fair-haired

[ fair-haird ]

/ ˈfɛərˌhɛərd /

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adjective

having light-colored hair.

Idioms for 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.

Origin of fair-haired

First recorded in 1620–30; fair¹ + hair + -ed³

Words nearby fair-haired

fairfaced, Fairfax, Fairfield, fair game, fairground, fair-haired, fair-haired boy, Fairhaven, fairily, fairing, fairish

Example sentences from the Web for fair-haired

The fair-haired Chris Matthews was in a scary striped number in baby blue and pink.
Forget the Electoral College—Who Won the Battle of the Neckties?|Blake Gopnik|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A fair-haired lady; a knight she had sent forth to battle; the knight returned.
Seven Keys to Baldpate|Earl Derr Biggers
She must have been a perfectly pretty woman in her day,—a blue or gray eyed, fair-haired beauty.
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1|Nathaniel Hawthorne
She passed close by me, under the light of the lamp, and I saw it was the fair-haired woman for whom I was waiting.
Spies of the Kaiser|William Le Queux

That fair-haired spark—that officer belonging to your regiment who came to the wedding—oh, dear!
Columba|Prosper Merimee
His uncle had no children, and the sad, fair-haired little wife appeared to be always alone and always suffering.
The Ancient Law|Ellen Glasgow