US /ˈbɔːldˌhɛd/ UK /ˈbɔːldˌhɛd/
noun Freq #98835

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    dated: a person with a bald head

    The speaker jokingly described himself as the only baldhead in the family photograph.

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Synonyms
1 noun · dated: a person with a bald... bald personbaldpatebaldy
Word family
Derived forms baldheaded
Related forms baldbaldness

Etymology

A compound of bald + head, recorded from the sixteenth century. Applied to a person, it is now dated and can sound mocking, so neutral modern prose normally says 'bald person.'

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