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English
Etymology
From long + hair.
Noun
longhair (plural longhairs)
- A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.
dismissed as just another band of longhairs at the height of longhair bands
- A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.
- A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
- A cat with hair longer than the norm.
- Antonym: shorthair
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Adjective
longhair (not comparable)
- (derogatory, music) Concerning or characteristic of classical music.
I would rather see a musical, but my wife, who loves longhair music, is dragging me to the symphony again.
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