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baldhead

baldhead noun: a person whose head is bald.

Noun

baldhead (plural baldheads)

  1. A person whose head is bald.
    • You didn't have to be amongst them to hear it all. It was all in the nodding and twittering of the balls of blue fluff, the back-slapping and hawk-an-spitting of the little old baldheads.1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 136
    • Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead!"2000, World English Bible, 2 Kings 2:23
    Synonyms:
    baldy
  2. A white-headed variety of pigeon.
  3. (Rastafari) A person who is not Rastafarian.

Synonyms of baldhead

Forms of baldhead

pluralbaldheads

Origin of baldhead

From bald + head.

Questions about baldhead

What does baldhead mean?
Baldhead means a person whose head is bald.
What part of speech is baldhead?
Baldhead is a noun.
What is the plural of baldhead?
The plural of baldhead is baldheads.

Words near baldhead in the dictionary

  1. Balderstons
  2. Balderton
  3. Baldes
  4. baldest
  5. baldfaced
  6. baldhead
  7. baldheaded
  8. baldheads
  9. Baldi
  10. baldicoot
  11. baldicoots

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