fair-haired

English

Adjective

fair-haired (comparative more fair-haired, superlative most fair-haired)

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see fair,‎ hair,‎ -ed.
    • 1783, William Blake, "To the Evening Star" in Poetical Sketches, collected in Blake: The Complete Poems, edited by W. H. Stevenson, Routledge, Third edition, 2007, p. 6,
      Thou fair-haired angel of the evening, / Now, while the sun rests on the mountains, light / Thy bright torch of love!
  2. Given special treatment as a favorite
    Synonym: blue-eyed

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