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blond
light-colored hair or complexion: He has blond hair and blue eyes.
Not to be confused with:
blonde – a blond-haired female: A beautiful blonde stepped onto the stage.
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blond
also blonde (blŏnd)adj. blond·er, blond·est
1. Having fair hair and skin: blond Scandinavians.
2. Of a flaxen or golden color or of any light shade of auburn or pale yellowish brown: blond hair.
3. Light-colored through bleaching: blond furniture.
n.
1. A person with fair hair and skin.
2. A light yellowish brown to dark grayish yellow.
[Middle English blounde, from Old French blonde, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
blond′ish adj.
blond′ness n.
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blond
(blɒnd)adj
1. (of men's hair) of a light colour; fair
2. (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes
3. (Furniture) (of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour
n
a person, esp a man, having light-coloured hair and skin
[C15: from Old French blond, probably of Germanic origin; related to Late Latin blundus yellow, Italian biondo, Spanish blondo]
ˈblondness n
Usage: Although blond and blonde correspond to masculine and feminine forms in French, this distinction is not consistently made in English. Blonde is the commoner form both as a noun and an adjective, and is more frequently used to refer to women than men. The less common variant blond occurs usually as an adjective, occasionally as a noun, and is the preferred form when referring to men with fair hair
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blond
(blɒnd)adj. -er, -est,
n. adj.
1. (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
2. (of a person) having light-colored hair and skin.
3. (of furniture wood) light in tone.
n. 4. a blond person.
[1475–85; < Middle French blonde blond, feminine of blond < Germanic]
blond′ness, n.
blond′ish, adj.
usage: See blonde.
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| Noun | 1. |  blond - a person with fair skin and hair individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" peroxide blond, peroxide blonde - a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide platinum blond, platinum blonde - a blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond towhead - a person with light blond hair |
| 2. |  blond - a light grayish yellow to near white | |
| Adj. | 1. |  blond - being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" |
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blond
also blondeadjective
Having light hair:
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blondlyshåret
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blondinasblondinėšviesiaplaukis
blondsgaišmatains
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blonde [blɒnd]B. N → rubio/a m/f, güero/a m/f (CAm, Mex), catire/a m/f (Carib)
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blond
blonde [ˈblɒnd]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
blond
adj man, hair, beard → blond
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blond
(blond) – feminine blonde – adjective having light-coloured hair. a blond child.
blonde noun a woman with light-coloured hair.
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blond
, blondea. rubio-a, Mex. güero-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
blond
adj rubio, güero (Mex); n rubio -bia mf, güe-ro -ra mfEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.