longhair

noun

long·​hair ˈlȯŋ-ˌher How to pronounce longhair (audio)
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
long-haired adjective
or longhaired

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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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 Raisa was a fixture on Chicago’s opera scene, and La Scala’ stage was sacred space in the world of longhairs, as classical music fans are sometimes known. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for longhair

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of longhair was in 1889

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“Longhair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longhair. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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