Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blonde"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blonde \Blonde\, n. [F.]
1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and
light blue eyes. [Written also {blond}.]
2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace originally
of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called
also {blond lace}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blond \Blond\, Blonde \Blonde\, a. [F., fair, light, of
uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old,
prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or
black. See {Blend}, v. t. ]
Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond
complexion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blonde
adj : being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue
or gray eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of
light-haired children" [syn: {blond}, {light-haired}]
[ant: {brunet}]
n : a person with fair skin and hair [syn: {blond}]
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