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BLONDE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light grayish yellow to near white

Synonyms:

blond; blonde

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("blonde" is a kind of...):

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person with fair skin and hair

Synonyms:

blond; blonde

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("blonde" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blonde"):

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

Example:

a house full of light-haired children

Synonyms:

blond; blonde; light-haired

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ash-blonde; platinum-blonde; towheaded (of hair color; whitish)

fair; fairish ((used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored)

flaxen; sandy (of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown)

nordic (resembling peoples of Scandinavia)

redheaded (having red hair and usually fair skin)

Attribute:

complexion; skin color; skin colour (the coloring of a person's face)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The garcon was in despair that the whole family had gone to take a promenade on the lake, but no, the blonde mademoiselle might be in the chateau garden.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

He went out of the room calling "Ewing!" and returned in a few minutes accompanied by an embarrassed, slightly worn young man with shell-rimmed glasses and scanty blonde hair. He was now decently clothed in a "sport shirt" open at the neck, sneakers and duck trousers of a nebulous hue.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)