blond also blonde (blŏnd)
adj., blond·er, blond·est.

1. Having fair hair and skin and usually light eyes: blond Scandinavians.
2. Of a flaxen or golden color or of any light shade of auburn or pale yellowish brown: blond hair.
3. Light-colored through bleaching: blond furniture.

n.

1. A person with fair hair and skin and usually light eyes.
2. A light yellowish brown to dark grayish yellow.

[Middle English blounde, from Old French blonde, of Germanic origin.]

blondish blond'ish adj.
blondness blond'ness n.

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