baldhead en · NOUN
Etymology
From bald + head.
Meanings
-
A person whose head is bald.
You didn't have to be amongst them to hear it all. It was all in the nodding and twittering of the balls of blue fluff, the back-slapping and hawk-an-spitting of the little old baldheads.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 136:Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead!"
2000, World English Bible, 2 Kings 2:23
- A white-headed variety of pigeon.
- (Rastafari) A person who is not Rastafarian.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| baldheads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |