flower child

noun

: a hippie who advocates love, beauty, and peace

Examples of flower child in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Bay Area was the epicenter of the country’s social upheaval—the previous year’s Summer of Love, which had drawn thousands of flower children to the Haight-Ashbury district, was already a memory. Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023 At the time, white flower children were running away from their parents’ conventions and expectations, dressing in rags and wandering the streets of San Francisco. Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023 Channel your inner flower child at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023 The Fleetwood Mac that most people know was composed of three Brits and two flower children. Jerry Portwood, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023 Meanwhile, Janice’s groovy flower child mentality extends to devoted practices of yoga, astral projection and dream-sharing, as well as a potent allergy to dishonesty. Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 10 May 2023 Their lively band of ghost roomies, who are visible only to Sam following a near-death experience, include an affable Scout leader who took an arrow to the neck, a flower child who got mauled by a bear and a prohibition-era jazz singer who met her moonshine match (read: death by poison). Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022 Unveil your inner flower child and turn your hair and face into a walking field of pastel-colored blooms. Sara Miranda, Allure, 21 Sep. 2021 After all, Kiri is in direct communication with the almighty goddess that this tribe worships, acting like a tree-hugging flower child - would that really be seen as so strange, in this context? Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flower child was in 1967

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“Flower child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flower%20child. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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