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The definition of a skinhead is a slang term for a person who shaves his head or who has no hair or very closely cropped hair, or a term referring to people associated with the neo-Nazi movement.

(noun)

An example of a skinhead is a young, racist Neo-Nazi who shaves his head.

See skinhead in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Slang a person who is bald or whose hair has been shaved off or closely cropped
1. any of a group of working-class youths, orig. in England in the 1960s, with closely cropped hair, often engaging in rowdyism
2. any of a similar group of alienated youths in the U.S., Europe, etc. who variously affect a rough appearance, advocate fascist and racist policies, and engage in hostile and violent activity

See skinhead in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang

A person with a shaven head.
A member of any of various groups of people, especially young people, who shave their heads and sometimes participate in white-supremacist and anti-immigrant activities.

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