red-headed

[ red-hed-id for 1; red-hed-id for 2 ]

/ ˈrɛdˌhɛd ɪd for 1; ˈrɛdˈhɛd ɪd for 2 /

having red hair, as a person.

having a red head, as an animal, especially a bird.

Origin of red-headed

First recorded in 1555–65

For it appears his red-headed anathema really could be coming back into the royal fold.

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Abel is a red-headed giant, so Eli wears a lot of his hand-me-downs.

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For many years, it and "The Red-Headed League" were the two adventures most often reprinted in school textbooks.

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Half curious and half fearful, they knocked at the door of number three, which was instantly opened by a red-headed page-boy.

Beyond the City |Arthur Conan Doyle

Next time I go cruising, Ill bet therell be no red-headed lunatics aboard!

Four Afloat |Ralph Henry Barbour
At the very worst, he hadn't dreamed that anybody belonging to Milly could be like this red-headed Nancy.

The Purple Heights |Marie Conway Oemler
"Nothin' 'd make that red-headed, freckle-faced coyote of a drill-master look different," growled Texas.

A Cadet's Honor |Upton Sinclair
The landlord's spouse was a red-headed woman, so he got up very suddenly and took himself into the house.

Hoosier Mosaics |Maurice Thompson

red-headed

(of a person) having red hair

(of an animal) having a red head