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featherheads

featherheads is the plural of featherhead.

Meaning of featherhead

Noun

featherhead (plural featherheads)

  1. A foolish person.
    • He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. Why hadn't he come straight to him—whatever the mysterious document was—instead of talking...1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.

Questions about featherheads

What is featherheads the plural of?
Featherheads is the plural of featherhead.

Words near featherheads in the dictionary

  1. featherfoots
  2. feathergrass
  3. feathergrasses
  4. featherhead
  5. featherheaded
  6. featherheads
  7. featherier
  8. featheries
  9. featheriest
  10. featherily
  11. featheriness

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