1
: an impractical intellectual
2
: a person of artistic gifts or interests
especially
: a lover of classical music
3
: a person with long hair
especially
: hippie
4
or less commonly long-hair
or longhaired cat
: a domestic cat having long outer fur
Examples of longhair in a Sentence
Longhairs crowded into the music festival.
long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college
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Many of its enthusiasts are undeniably eccentric: longhairs, train enthusiasts, nudists, and Brazilian spiritists (who believe that Esperanto is the language of the vastly more peaceable spirit world, and that it was sent to earth from God, via Zamenhof, to bring about universal harmony).
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Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Princess, a 7-year-old domestic longhair Adoption fee $25 Princess totally lives up to her name.
—Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
The black-and-tan longhair dachshund, named Linky, appeared amused in the short clip shared to TikTok on August 5 by his owner, under @lincolnshiresausagedog.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Among cats, felines with roots in the Eastern Hemisphere were more likely to fetch more than, say, domestic longhairs.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Princess, a 7-year-old domestic longhair Adoption fee $25 Princess totally lives up to her name.
—Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
The black-and-tan longhair dachshund, named Linky, appeared amused in the short clip shared to TikTok on August 5 by his owner, under @lincolnshiresausagedog.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Among cats, felines with roots in the Eastern Hemisphere were more likely to fetch more than, say, domestic longhairs.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Longhair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longhair. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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