1
: having blue eyes
2
: performed by whites
blue-eyed soul
also : white
a blue-eyed imitator of R&B stars

Examples of blue-eyed in a Sentence

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Arthur Philip, her 7-month-old blue-eyed boy, was gone. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 3 May 2025 When 16-year-old Pakistani-American Noori’s wish at 11:11 to be her crush’s type goes awry, she’s magically transformed into a white, blonde, blue-eyed girl — and must undo the wish before losing herself completely. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025 Both fascinating and infuriating, Henry Fonda for President, by Austrian filmmaker Alexander Horwath, examines the dark-browed, blue-eyed stoic Hollywood actor Henry Fonda as more politically significant than his infamously radical daughter, Jane. Armond White, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025 During multiple police contacts, Martinez presented himself as a friendly, blue-eyed former Marine. Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blue-eyed

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of blue-eyed was circa 1572

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“Blue-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue-eyed. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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