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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Her brothers are both redheads.
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Orange has been used often to represent the Bibas children, both of whom were redheads.
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Some mourners wore orange in memory of the children, who were redheads.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
In a 2011 study published in the journal Symbolic Interaction, researchers conducted a series of interviews with redheads.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Here's the thing: Julia isn't actually a redhead and had just recently dyed her hair—and the rest is history.
—Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
Some mourners wore orange in memory of the children, who were redheads.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
In a 2011 study published in the journal Symbolic Interaction, researchers conducted a series of interviews with redheads.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
Here's the thing: Julia isn't actually a redhead and had just recently dyed her hair—and the rest is history.
—Katharina Fuchs, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Redhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redhead. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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redhead
noun
red·head
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: a person having red hair
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