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blonde

  • /blɒnd/ UK
  • /blɑnd/ US

Rhymes with -ɒnd

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From Middle French blonde f. See blond.

noun blondes

  1. alternative, countable Alternative form of blond (“person with fair hair”). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
  2. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of blond (“color”)
  3. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of blond (“type of beer”)
  4. countable (film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp. Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.

adjective blonder · more blonde · blondest · most blonde

  1. alternative, especially, of a woman Alternative form of blond So the great wasteful summer days went by, the glory of the passionate nights of July, the crisper blonde luxuriance of August.
  2. especially, offensive, of a woman Stupid, ignorant, naive. Emma's already huge green eyes widen and she gives me this look like, “Oh my God, sometimes you are just so blonde!”

verb blondes · blonding · blonded

  1. alternative, especially, of a woman Alternative form of blond Most women who blonde their hair today have been doing it for several years.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: blond, towheaded, redheaded, flaxen, sandy, fair, fairish, nordic, ash-blonde, light-haired, platinum-blonde, blondie, ale, lager, yellow, chick

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@misc{blonde_2026,
  title = {blonde},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blonde},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}