white-headed
Americanadjective
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having fair or flaxen hair.
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being especially favored; fair-haired.
He's the company's white-headed boy.
Etymology
Origin of white-headed
First recorded in 1515–25
Example Sentences
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“I could use a lot of good luck right now—a whole tow sack full of it. I’d like to catch those monkeys before someone else does. As unlucky as I’ve been, that’s probably what will happen. I’ve worried so much now, I’ll probably be white-headed before I’m sixteen years old.”
From Literature
And if you ever get to watch one of these white-headed, brown-bodied predators pierce a still-gasping salmon with talons the size of your thumb and then shred that fish to bloody ribbons, well, you’ll understand why this descendant of the dinosaurs is a raptor to be reckoned with.
From Slate
The bald eagle is now officially the national bird of the US, after President Joe Biden signed a law on Christmas Eve bestowing the honour upon the white-headed and yellow-beaked bird of prey.
From BBC
The name colcannon comes from the Irish cálceannann, meaning “white-headed cabbage. ”
From Salon
Other birds that flock to burned forests include white-headed woodpeckers, Lewis's woodpeckers, three-toed woodpeckers, olivesided flycatchers, Clark's nutcrackers and mountain bluebirds.
From Salon
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