fair-haired

[ fair-haird ]

adjective

1. having light-colored hair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fair-haired¹

First recorded in 1620–30; fair ¹ + hair + -ed ³

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. 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.

Example Sentences

The same year she married a “fair-haired, blue-eyed boy with the cheekiest grin I’d ever seen”.

From BBC

The 2000 summary document asks if Z3 was the “blonde offender”, a reference to an unidentified fair-haired lead attacker described by eyewitnesses to the murder.

From BBC

The other was Lance Kenton, 20, lean and fair-haired, his posture as straight as a soldier’s.

From Los Angeles Times

The BBC investigation into Matthew White revealed that independent witnesses said he admitted being present during the attack on Stephen, and that in 1993 White looked like the unidentified fair-haired lead attacker described by eyewitnesses.

From BBC

The BBC investigation has found that, at the time of the murder, White looked similar to the unidentified suspect known as the "fair-haired attacker".

From BBC