(of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes
3.
(of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour
noun
4.
a person, esp a man, having light-coloured hair and skin
▶ USAGE Although blond and blonde correspond to masculine and feminine forms in French, this distinction is not consistentlymade in English. Blonde is the commoner form both as a noun and an adjective, and is more frequently usedto refer to women than men. The less common variant blond occurs usually as an adjective, occasionally as a noun, and is the preferred formwhen referring to men with fair hair
Derived forms
blondness (ˈblondness)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French blond, probably of Germanic origin; related to Late Latin blundus yellow, Italian biondo, Spanish blondo
blond in American English
(blɑnd)
adjective
1.
very light in color
blond hair
2.
having light-colored hair, often with fair skin and blue or gray eyes
3.
finished in a light tone
blond wood
noun
4.
a blond person
Derived forms
blondness (ˈblondness)
noun
Word origin
LME blounde < MFr blond < OFr < ? Gmc *blund
Examples of 'blond' in a sentence
blond
One had blue eyes and blond hair and spoke with a northern accent.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It required him to have his blond hair dyed dark brown.
The Sun (2017)
They will need limitless energy - though bleached blond hair is optional.
The Sun (2017)
She noted that he was tall, blond, thin and had impeccable taste in tropical clothes.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
With his scruffy blond hair hidden inside a hoodie, he admitted during our interview in 2013 that he had no medical or scientific training.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The star gets a star role wearing a wacky blond wig and moustache.
The Sun (2008)
He was a dramatic sort of guy with the blond locks and his collar up.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Walls are painted white and most floors are blond wood.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was six foot tall and had blond hair and blue eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Detectives want to speak to both him and the blond man.
The Sun (2009)
The police told them to stay hidden and provided them with blond wigs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Rooms are basic but comfortable with blond wood furniture and purple carpets.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It still clocked me with the blond wig on.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All the wood was blond and all the colours were khaki.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His famous blond locks are proving more of a problem as they get in his eyes when he performs.
The Sun (2011)
Some have dyed hair, blond or red.
Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001)
He works out and is dead fit, tall and blond.
The Sun (2011)
Blond hair and blue eyes, quiet and slow moving?
Magnouloux, Bernard Travels with Rosinante (1990)
Outside, a blond man in his thirties wearing new trainers watched visitors going in and out.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was a blond wig obscuring her eyes, her nose and extending down to her mouth.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The style is minimalist with big rooms with blond wood floors, white sofas and tropical plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A consistent theme in the description of those sightings is possibly blond or fair hair.
The Sun (2013)
Then he was invited into the back room for tea, and a fire department baseball cap was placed atop the blond locks.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But back in the 6th century a lot of them were blond and blue-eyed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The 73-year-old veteran actor was famed in his heyday for his lush blond locks, left.
The Sun (2010)
Six foot, tanned, with hair streaked blond by the sun.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was also tall, blond and strikingly good-looking.
Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)