brownhead

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

brown +‎ head

Noun[edit]

brownhead (plural brownheads)

  1. A woman with brown hair; a brunette.
    • 1923, Ashton Stevens, Actorviews: Intimate Portraits, page 278:
      No blondes, Brownie and Bunny, but a brace of lovely brownheads; bobbed, of course; and their loveliness was so perfectly darkly dressed that I couldn't tell you what they wore under their squirrel and beaver coats []
    • 2020, Eleanore King, Glorify Yourself:
      Brownheads or brunettes use a darker red than blondes and redheads.