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English

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A redhead
A redhead duck

Etymology

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Bahuvrihi compound ofred +‎head.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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redhead (pluralredheads)

  1. A person withred hair.
    Synonyms:ginger,coppertop,bloodnut,Bluey;see alsoThesaurus:redhead
    • 2007,Matthew Weiner, “Red in the Face”, inMad Men, season 1, episode 7, spoken byRoger Sterling:
      I likeredheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk.
  2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
  3. A kind ofmilkweed (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. (film, television, theater) A kind of 800-wattlamp.
    Coordinate term:blonde
    • 2012, Colin Hart,Television Program Making, page63:
      Most [camera crews] carry twoblondes and threeredheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.

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Translations

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red-haired person
Aythya americana
milkweedAsclepias curassavica
Chinese red-headed centipede—seeChinese red-headed centipede
Emberiza bruniceps
Callicebus regulus
Sarcogyps calvus
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

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