redhead

noun

red·head ˈred-ˌhed

: a person having red hair

: 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

Examples of redhead in a Sentence

Her brothers are both redheads.

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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 But in this room, influencers clamor for a picture with the willowy redhead. —

Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 20 Nov. 2024 In humans, redheads have up to five loss-of-function mutations in MC1R, leading to hair that ranges from strawberry blonde to copper. —

Elizabeth Carlen, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for redhead