Definition of Blonde

1. Noun. A person with fair skin and hair.

Exact synonyms: Blond
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Specialized synonyms: Peroxide Blond, Peroxide Blonde, Platinum Blond, Platinum Blonde, Towhead

2. Adjective. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes. "A house full of light-haired children"
Exact synonyms: Blond, Light-haired
Attributes: Complexion, Skin Color, Skin Colour
Similar to: Ash-blonde, Platinum-blonde, Towheaded, Fair, Fairish, Flaxen, Sandy, Nordic, Redheaded
Derivative terms: Blondness
Antonyms: Brunet

3. Noun. A light grayish yellow to near white.

Definition of Blonde

1. n. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.

Definition of Blonde

1. Noun. A person (usually a woman) of fair skin and fair hair. ¹

2. Noun. The hair color that appears yellow, golden, or lighter. ¹

3. Noun. Unbleached Silk lace (from the Shorter Oxford Dictionary) ¹

4. Noun. A light yellowish brown color. ¹

5. Adjective. Of a blonde complexion (referring to a person.) ¹

6. Adjective. Having a blonde or gold appearance ¹

7. Adjective. Of a light yellowish brown color. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blonde

1. blond [n -S] - See also: blond

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blonde

blokedoms
blokeish
blokeishness
blokes
blokey
blokeyness
blokier
blokiest
blollies
blolly
blomaries
blomary
bloncket
blond
blond metal
blonde (current term)
blonde lilian
blonde moment
blonde moments
blondeness
blondenesses
blonder
blondes
blondest
blondie
blondies
blondine
blondined
blondines
blondining

Literary usage of Blonde

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War and peace by Leo Tolstoy, Sergej Prokof'ev, Lev Tolstoj, Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva, Valerij Gerg'ev, Graham Vick, Humphrey Burton, Aleksandr Gergalov, Elena Prokina, Gegam Gregoriam, Olga Borodina, Jurij Marusin, Nikolaj Okhotnikov, Vasilij Gerelo, Irina Bogatjeva, (1904)
"WITH a smile that never left his lips, Nikolay sat bent a little forward on a low chair, and stooping close over his blonde beauty, he paid her mythological ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1984 blond, blonde Do you use blond or blonde? Both? Do you reserve blonde for female applications and blond for male ones? Do you make no distinction? ..."

3. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1833)
"Memoir on the Voyage of his Majesty's ship blonde in the Black Sea. By the Rev. Edmund Goodenough, DD, F.ll.S, &c. Read 28th March, 1831. ..."

4. The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of The Scots (1825)
"The blonde continued at the island about six weeks, during which Lord Byron attended ... The blonde vu literally laden with stock and provisions of every ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... with the original blonde traits. DG BRINTON. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. THE Senate Committee on International Expositions ..."

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