blond

Blond is defined as having a light color, particularly a light yellow shade.

(adjective)

An example of someone blond was Marilyn Monroe.

The definition of blond is a person with very light colored hair.

(noun)

An example of a blond is Christina Aguilera.

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See blond in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. very light in color: blond hair
  2. having light-colored hair, often with fair skin and blue or gray eyes
  3. finished in a light tone: blond wood

Origin: LME blounde < MFr blond < OFr < ? Gmc *blund

noun

a blond person

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See blond in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also blonde

adjective blond·er, blond·est
  1. Having fair hair and skin and usually light eyes: blond Scandinavians.
  2. Of a flaxen or golden color or of any light shade of auburn or pale yellowish brown: blond hair.
  3. Light-colored through bleaching: blond furniture.
noun
  1. A person with fair hair and skin and usually light eyes.
  2. A light yellowish brown to dark grayish yellow.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English blounde

Origin: , from Old French blonde

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • blondˈish adjective
  • blondˈness noun

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