What does Blonde mean?

Definitions for Blonde
blɒndblonde

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blond, blondenoun

    a person with fair skin and hair

  2. blond, blondeadjective

    a light grayish yellow to near white

  3. blond, blonde, light-hairedadjective

    being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

    "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children"

Wiktionary

  1. blondenoun

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

  2. blondenoun

    The hair color that appears yellow, golden, or lighter.

  3. blondenoun

    Unbleached Silk lace (from the Shorter Oxford Dictionary)

  4. blondeadjective

    Of a blonde complexion (referring to a person.)

  5. blondeadjective

    Having a blonde or gold appearance

    blonde ale; blonde beer

  6. blondeadjective

    Of a light yellowish brown color.

  7. Etymology: From blond / blonde, from blond, of origin, from *, from blundaz, from bʰlendʰ-. Compare blondenfeax, blandan. More at blend.

Wikipedia

  1. blonde

    Blond (male) or blonde (female), also referred to as fair hair, is a hair color characterized by low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The resultant visible hue depends on various factors, but always has some yellowish color. The color can be from the very pale blond (caused by a patchy, scarce distribution of pigment) to reddish "strawberry" blond or golden-brownish ("sandy") blond colors (the latter with more eumelanin). Occasionally, the state of being blond, and specifically the occurrence of blond traits in a predominantly dark or colored population are referred to as blondism.Because hair color tends to darken with age, natural blond hair is significantly less common in adulthood. Naturally-occurring blond hair is primarily found in people living in or descended from people who lived in the northern half of Europe, and may have evolved alongside the development of light skin that enables more efficient synthesis of vitamin D, due to northern Europe's lower levels of sunlight. Blond hair has also developed in other populations, although it is usually not as common, and can be found among natives of the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji, among the Berbers of North Africa, and among some Asians. In Western culture, blonde hair has long been associated with beauty and vitality. Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, was described as having blonde hair. In ancient Greece and Rome, blonde hair was frequently associated with prostitutes, who dyed their hair using saffron dyes in order to attract customers. The Greeks stereotyped Thracians and slaves as blond and the Romans associated blondness with the Celts and the Germans to the north. In the ancient Greek world, Homer's Iliad presented Achilles as what was then the ideal male warrior: handsome, tall, strong, and blond. In western Europe during the Middle Ages, long, blonde hair was idealized as the paragon of female beauty. The Norse goddess Sif and the medieval heroine Iseult were both significantly portrayed as blonde and, in medieval artwork, Eve, Mary Magdalene, and the Virgin Mary are often shown with blonde hair. In contemporary Western culture, blonde women are often negatively stereotyped as beautiful, but unintelligent.

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  1. blonde

    Blonde refers to a light, often golden yellow color, usually associated with hair color. It can also denote people who have this color of hair. It can vary from very light platinum blonde to darker shades such as strawberry blonde. Though commonly linked with hair, 'blonde' can also be used to describe other things with similar color, like wood. The term originates from French and can be referred to both males (blond) and females (blonde).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Blondeverb

    of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion

  2. Blondenoun

    a person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes

  3. Blondenoun

    a kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Blonde

    blond, n. a person of fair complexion with light hair and blue eyes—opp. to Brunette.—adj. of a fair complexion: fair. [Fr.]

Editors Contribution

  1. blonde

    A type of hair color.

    Blonde hair is a natural color for some and others choose to dye their hair this color.


    Submitted by MaryC on August 9, 2016  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BLONDE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Blonde is ranked #75317 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Blonde surname appeared 256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Blonde.

    91% or 233 total occurrences were White.
    5.8% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blonde in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Blonde in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Blonde in a Sentence

  1. Marina Kondratyeva:

    The whole thing began very strangely, our plane was diverted to a different airport (an air force base outside London) and they said that 26 blonde spies had landed, and that was what all the press reported.

  2. Kayleigh McEnany:

    I was that heavily outnumbered blonde girl fighting for Donald Trump.

  3. Helen Baxendale:

    People are really stupid. They think you're serious and intelligent if you're a brunette with a pale complexion and a bit of hooked nose. If you're blonde and pretty, they don't give you that sort of part. It's short-sighted and stupid, but that's how it goes.

  4. Peyton Reed:

    It's just such a great metaphor. They have built their entire reputation on the backs of someone else's hard work, cultural appropriation has always been a thing from Elvis, The Beatles and everybody who, as [ Isis ] says, is' putting blonde hair on it and calling it something different.'.

  5. Travis Tolliver:

    To become whole, i've always felt incomplete, always kind of the outsider. My adoptive parents have blonde hair blue eyes. I just kind of stood out like a sore thumb.

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