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fair-haired

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fair-haired (fârhârd)
adj.
1. Having blond hair: a fair-haired toddler.
2. Favorite: "master linguist, Yale dropout and fair-haired boy of the OSS" Edward Klein.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fair-haired - favorite; "the fair-haired boy of the literary set"
blue-eyed, white-haired
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
loved - held dear; "his loved companion of many years"
Translations
Spanish fair-haired [fɛəˈhɛəd] adj [person] → rubio
French fair-haired [fɛəˈhɛəd] fair adj [person] → aux cheveux clairs, blond(e)
German fair-haired [fɛəˈhɛəd] fair adj → blond
Italian fair-haired [fɛəˈhɛəd] adj [person] → biondo/a
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It was for the Mediterranean sailors that fair-haired sirens sang among the black rocks seething in white foam and mysterious voices spoke in the darkness above the moving wave - voices menacing, seductive, or prophetic, like that voice heard at the beginning of the Christian era by the master of an African vessel in the Gulf of Syrta, whose calm nights are full of strange murmurs and flitting shadows.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The scenes depicted for the most part, a fair-skinned, fair-haired people at play.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Next she touched the image of a purple kitten that stood on the corner of a mantel, and as she pronounced the word "Ev" the kitten disappeared, and a pretty, fair-haired boy stood beside her.
Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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