1
: a person having red hair
2
: a North American duck (Aythya americana) resembling the related canvasback but having a shorter bill with a black tip and in the male a brighter reddish head
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Her brothers are both redheads.
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If push comes to shove and Bri has to face Rob again, my money is on the redhead.
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Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
So goes the comedy-pop song by Grand Gibbs and Ashley Gill, who are merely the latest in a proud comedic tradition of gay guys and redheads committing joint slays (see also: Will & Grace, Difficult People, Team Rocket).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Host Rebecca, a breezy redhead with pigtails and an expression of warm concern, brings dishes of savoy cabbage with pine flower miso and milkweed flower vinegar that have my tablemates gasping.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
James, a middle-aged Asian man, and Rose, a younger redhead, were never able to figure out how to present the news in a manner that wasn’t deeply off-putting for viewers.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
So goes the comedy-pop song by Grand Gibbs and Ashley Gill, who are merely the latest in a proud comedic tradition of gay guys and redheads committing joint slays (see also: Will & Grace, Difficult People, Team Rocket).
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Host Rebecca, a breezy redhead with pigtails and an expression of warm concern, brings dishes of savoy cabbage with pine flower miso and milkweed flower vinegar that have my tablemates gasping.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
James, a middle-aged Asian man, and Rose, a younger redhead, were never able to figure out how to present the news in a manner that wasn’t deeply off-putting for viewers.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Redhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redhead. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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redhead
noun
red·head
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: a person having red hair
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