longhair

noun

long·​hair ˈlȯŋ-ˌher 

1

: an impractical intellectual

2

: a person of artistic gifts or interests

especially : a lover of classical music

3

: a person with long hair

especially : hippie

4

or less commonly long-hair or longhaired cat : a domestic cat having long outer fur

long-haired

ˈlȯŋ-ˈherd 

adjective

or longhaired

Synonyms

• double-dome
• geek
• highbrow
• intellectual
• intellectualist
• nerd

Examples of longhair in a Sentence

Longhairs crowded into the music festival.

long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college

Recent Examples on the Web

Among cats, felines with roots in the Eastern Hemisphere were more likely to fetch more than, say, domestic longhairs. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024

All cats, however—including lions, tigers and British longhairs, oh my!—lack a chunk of DNA that occurs in the Tas1r2 gene of other mammals. —David Biello, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015

Raisa was a fixture on Chicago’s opera scene, and La Scala’ stage was sacred space in the world of longhairs, as classical music fans are sometimes known. —Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023

With a warm smile and loving spirit, the 3-year-old longhair Chihuahua is hoping for a family that needs a new sous chef that just so happens to have four legs. —The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1