"fair-haired" meaning in All languages combined

See fair-haired on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more fair-haired [comparative], fairer-haired [comparative], most fair-haired [superlative], fairest-haired [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|more|fairer-haired|sup2=fairest-haired}} fair-haired (comparative more fair-haired or fairer-haired, superlative most fair-haired or fairest-haired)
  1. Having fair hair. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: blond
    Sense id: en-fair-haired-en-adj-WzTm4Z1H Disambiguation of Hair: 60 40
  2. Given special treatment as a favorite. Synonyms: blue-eyed
    Sense id: en-fair-haired-en-adj-k1G1aft7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fairhaired Derived forms: fair-haired boy

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