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Definition of Black-haired
1. Adjective. Having hair of a dark color. "A dark-haired beauty"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-haired
Literary usage of Black-haired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1852)
"The great majority of the human race belong to the melanic or black-haired variety,
with a corresponding hue of the skin. This hue varies from the deepest ..."
2. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"Against red and black-haired persons.—178. Difference of opinion as to the
functions of the antennae.—179. Organs of taste.—180. ..."
3. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1851)
"black-haired persons have sometimes skins as white, but not so fair and ...
When so exposed, the complexion of the black- haired presently acquires a brown ..."