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Definition of Hairdo
1. Noun. The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
Terms within: Rat, Curl, Lock, Ringlet, Whorl
Generic synonyms: Hair
Specialized synonyms: Beehive, Bouffant, Haircut, Afro, Afro Hairdo, Bang, Fringe, Bob, Wave, Braid, Plait, Tress, Twist, Chignon, Marcel, Pageboy, Pompadour, Ponytail, Roach, Scalp Lock, Thatch
Derivative terms: Coif, Coiffure, Hairstylist
Definition of Hairdo
1. Noun. A hairstyle. ¹
2. Noun. A haircut. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hairdo
1. a style of wearing the hair [n -DOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairdo
Literary usage of Hairdo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"+ Goth. hairdo. Root unknown. ... is from hairdo ; the AS suffix -e here denotes
the agent, and signifies ' keeper,' or ' protector of the herd. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Coiffure is the hairdo: coiffeur the hairdresser. All the same, they are sometimes
muddled, and we get the hairdresser for the hairdo: . . . to model a most ..."
3. A Comparative Grammar of the Sanskrit, Zend, Greek, Latin, Lithuanian by Franz Bopp, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1856)
"from leika n., nom. kik, " the body ;" haird'-ya, " herdsman," from hairdo f., nom.
hairdo, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"... originally written in 1691 in 1701, Congreve and Eccles were the poet and
composer; in 1702 both are again un-• Hugh Colvill, Thomas Newman, Or-hairdo ..."
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