Redhead

//ˈɹɛdˌhɛd// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A person with red hair.

    "I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk."

  2. 2
    black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck wordnet
  3. 3
    A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
  4. 4
    North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head wordnet
  5. 5
    A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
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  1. 6
    someone who has red hair wordnet
  2. 7
    Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
  3. 8
    Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
  4. 9
    Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
  5. 10
    Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
  6. 11
    Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). informal
  7. 12
    A kind of 800-watt lamp.

    "Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces."

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

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