English Explanatory Dictionary

redhead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person with red hair.
  2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
  3. A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
  4. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
  5. Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
  6. Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
  7. Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
  8. Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
  9. A kind of 800-watt lamp.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A coastal suburb of Newcastle in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-redhead.wav

Word forms

redhead redheads

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.

Synonyms

Red redhead ginger ginge ging ginger head ginger knob gingernut bloodnut carrots carrot top coppertop copperhead strawberry blonde Bluey ranga redette redpoll fire-crotch firebox ginger minger red-headed stepchild Pippi Longstocking

Related words

auburn freckleface ginger ranga red rusty

Derived words

redheaded redhead grass
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