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 fair-haired Chris Matthews was in a scary striped number in baby blue and pink.

From The Daily Beast

He was trying to make himself appear the fair-haired boy in front of Sergeant McGinty.

From Project Gutenberg

The fair-haired, tall, and very graceful girl at the other end of the wire acknowledged that it was.

From Project Gutenberg

Grace was the Gibson type, tall and slender and fair-haired and very pretty, with a decided liking for looking in mirrors.

From Project Gutenberg

Often his boyish heart went out lovingly to his father and mother and fair-haired sister.

From Project Gutenberg

He cast an indifferent glance at her, then began again to talk in a tender tone to the fair-haired lady, who smiled disdainfully.

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