Synonyms for blond

Grammar : Adj

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Phonetic Transcription : blɒnd

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Définition of blond

Origin : late 15c., from Old French blont "fair, blond" (12c.), from Medieval Latin blundus "yellow," perhaps from Frankish *blund. If it is a Germanic word, it is possibly related to Old English blonden-feax "gray-haired," from blondan, blandan "to mix" (see blend (v.)). According to Littré, the original sense of the French word was "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut," which might account for the notion of "mixed."
Old English beblonden meant "dyed," so it is also possible that the root meaning of blonde, if it is Germanic, may be "dyed," as ancient Teutonic warriors were noted for dying their hair. Du Cange, however, writes that blundus was a vulgar pronunciation of Latin flavus "yellow." Another guess (discounted by German etymologists), is that it represents a Vulgar Latin *albundus, from alba "white."
The word was reintroduced into English 17c. from French, and was until recently still felt as French, hence blonde (with French feminine ending) for females. Italian biondo, Spanish blondo, Old Provençal blon all are of Germanic origin.
Fair hair was much esteemed by both the Greeks and Romans, and so they not only dyed and gold-dusted theirs ..., but also went so far as to gild the hair of their statues, as notably those of Venus de Medici and Apollo. In the time of Ovid (A.U.C. 711) much fair hair was imported from Germany, by the Romans, as it was considered quite the fashionable color. Those Roman ladies who did not choose to wear wigs of this hue, were accustomed to powder theirs freely with gold dust, so as to give it the fashionable yellow tint. [C. Henry Leonard, "The Hair," 1879]

adj light-haired

Example sentences :

Anyhow, five young Englishmen out of every ten of his class are just as blond and foolish.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

The blond well-kept man seemed to be swelling with embarrassment.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Brunette or blond, beautiful or otherwise, it needed but a moment to find out.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Never had the blond Ulla so entirely agreed with him before.
Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

Then, their hair is different, Mrs. Withers' black, Miss Fulton's blond.
Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.

The blond lady seemed softened by this unconditional surrender.
Extract from : « Manasseh » by Maurus Jokai

Of course, he was familiar with the appearance of the tall, blond.
Extract from : « Alarm Clock » by Everett B. Cole

"Perfectly all right, Mr. Oak," the blond young man said affably.
Extract from : « A Spaceship Named McGuire » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Every one of us who sits aft in the high place is a blond Aryan.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

The blond youngster, with a towel wadded in a glass, did not stir.
Extract from : « The Day Time Stopped Moving » by Bradner Buckner

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