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noun red·head \ ˈred-ˌhed \

Definition of redhead

1 :a person having red hair

2 :a North American duck (Aythya americana) resembling the related canvasback but having a shorter bill with a black tip and in the male a brighter reddish head

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Caucasians tend to go gray earlier — and redheads earliest of all.

— marci robin, Good Housekeeping, "9 Things You Didn't Know About Gray Hair," 23 Aug. 2017
There’s a lot rattling around in the head of the 64-year-old redhead from La Mesa who used basketball to help chart a path that included induction into Halls of Fame, a broadcasting career and tireless philanthropy.

— bryce miller, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Written word guides wondrous, wandering life of Bill Walton," 22 Aug. 2017
Species seeing a decline included mallards (11 percent), American wigeon (19 percent), green-winged teal (16 percent), redhead (13 percent), canvasback (1 percent) and scaup (12 percent).

— todd masson, NOLA.com, "Most Louisiana hunters will be thrilled with annual duck report," 15 Aug. 2017
Rush and Garrett are both redheads, and Rush did a spot-on impression of Garrett in front of the team.

— drew davison, star-telegram, "Cooper Rush impresses on down night for Cowboys QBs," 13 Aug. 2017
There’s Stavros, who’s Greek and handsome, and Emma, a tall redhead who works in publishing.

— rachel hoge, Longreads, "How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons," 4 Aug. 2017
The outspoken redhead with the hourglass figure popped up in the most unexpected places.

— jeff suess, Cincinnati.com, "Our history: More to Venus Ramey than being Miss America," 21 July 2017
The singer himself, a redhead, is—wait, is that Ed Sheeran?

— megan garber, The Atlantic, "Game of Thrones: About That Cameo," 17 July 2017
Musical cameos — which have included members of Coldplay, Sigur Rós and Snow Patrol — and redheads, given the demographics of roughly half of the north.

— chris barton, latimes.com, "'Game of Thrones': Three burning questions and six characters we'd like to see play a big role in Season 7," 15 July 2017

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: a person who has red hair

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:a person having reddish hair

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