- white-headed boy
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white-headed boy
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white-headed boy — noun A favourite, a protégé • • • Main Entry: ↑white * * * white headed boy, Informal. a fair haired boy; favorite … Useful english dictionary
white-headed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. a. : having the head white b. (1) : having white hair (2) : having very light hair 2. : highly favore … Useful english dictionary
white-headed — adjective Date: 1525 1. having the hair, fur, or plumage of the head white or very light 2. specially favored ; fortunate used especially in the phrase white headed boy … New Collegiate Dictionary
white-headed — /hwuyt hed id, wuyt /, adj. 1. white haired (def. 1). 2. having fair or flaxen hair. 3. being especially favored; fair haired: He s the company s white headed boy. [1515 25] * * * … Universalium
white boy — noun A favourite boy, a white headed boy • • • Main Entry: ↑white … Useful english dictionary
white-haired — /ˈwaɪt hɛəd/ (say wuyt haird) adjective 1. having grey hair, especially as a mark of old age. 2. Also, white headed. Colloquial favourite; darling: a white haired boy …
White — (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
White alder — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
White ant — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
White arsenic — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
