blonde

• POS: Adjective, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

blonde, a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See Blend, v. t. ].

 Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.  [1913 Webster]

blonde, n. [F.].

•  A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.  [1913 Webster]
•  A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

blonde, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a woman or a woman's hair) blond.
--n. a blond-haired woman.

Etymology

F fem. of blond; see BLOND