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Light-haired   /laɪt-hɛrd/   Listen
Light-haired

adjective
1.
Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes.  Synonyms: blond, blonde.  "A house full of light-haired children"






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... the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and that light-haired boy beside him is little Philip. He is the pet of the Court already, but heigho! whom have we here? Why, it is, yes—it is the Lord ...
— Heiress of Haddon • William E. Doubleday

... Cambray and his little light-haired secretary fared forth to fame and fortune—the Bishop to be remembered because he had a secretary, and the secretary to be remembered because he grew into a ...
— Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers • Elbert Hubbard

... coal-black whiskers and mustaches, with sparkling, angry eyes, and every feature of his face well cut and finely formed; but there was absent from him all look of contentment or satisfaction. Harry was light-haired, with long, silken beard, and bright eyes; but there was usually present to his face a look of infinite joy, which was comfortable to all beholders. If not strong, as was the other man's, it was happy and eloquent of good temper. But in one thing they were alike:—neither ...
— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope

... young man, short and thin, and light-haired; his father had held the situation before him, and he had been appointed his successor because nobody else had thought the situation worth applying for. Nevertheless, Mr Hicks was impressed with the immense responsibility of his office. It was, however, a place of some little emolument at this moment, ...
— Mr. Midshipman Easy • Frederick Marryat

... is gratifying to me, to find that the impression is mutually favorable. Halstead, the ruffianly looking sheep-raiser who called you 'Madam,' confided to me that you were the first woman he had ever met who knew the difference between a horse and a cow; and Simmons, the light-haired man who looks like a deacon, but who is probably the worst thief in four counties, told me I ought to ...
— Peak and Prairie - From a Colorado Sketch-book • Anna Fuller


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