fair-haired

[fair-haird] /ˈfɛərˌhɛərd/
adjective
1.
having light-colored hair.
Idioms
2.
fair-haired boy, Informal. a person, especially a young one, treated as a favorite or considered especially promising by a superior or the members of a group:
He's the fair-haired boy of the literary set.
Origin
1620-30; fair1 + hair + -ed3
British Dictionary definitions for fair-haired boy

fair-haired boy

noun
1.
the usual US name for blue-eyed boy
Slang definitions & phrases for fair-haired boy

fair-haired boy

noun phrase
  1. A favored or favorite man or boy: the latest ''fairhaired boy'' of the musical world/ the white-haired boy of the happy family
  2. A man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward; comer: A job had to be found for Patten, the blue-eyed boy of British politics ( first form 1918+, second 1924+, third 1923+)

Idioms and Phrases with fair-haired boy

fair-haired boy

A favorite, a person who is given special treatment. For example, Today the attorney general is the governor's fair-haired boy. This term alludes to the preference of blond (“fair”) hair over dark hair. [ Late 1800s ]