"metalhead" meaning in English

See metalhead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: metalheads [plural]
Etymology: From metal + -head. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|metal|head}} metal + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} metalhead (plural metalheads)
  1. (informal) Someone who listens to (is a fan of) heavy metal music. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Fans (people), Music, People Synonyms: headbanger, metaller Related terms: hesher Translations (one who listens to (is a fan of) heavy metal music): heavyrocker [masculine] (Danish), hevimees (Estonian), hevinaine (Estonian), metallist (Estonian), hevari (Finnish), métalleux [masculine] (French), métalleuse [feminine] (French), Metaller [masculine] (German), Metallerin [feminine] (German), מטאליסט (Hebrew), málmhaus [masculine] (Icelandic), metallaro [masculine] (Italian), metallara [feminine] (Italian), メタラー (metarā) (Japanese), металец (metalec) [masculine] (Macedonian), metalhead [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hardrocker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), metalhead [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hardrockar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), metalowiec [masculine] (Polish), metaleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), metaleira [feminine] (Portuguese), металли́ст (metallíst) [masculine] (Russian), metalero [masculine] (Spanish), metalera [feminine] (Spanish), metalhead [common-gender] (Swedish), hårdrockare [common-gender] (Swedish), metalci (Turkish), pendonciwr [masculine] (Welsh)

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