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noun
A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, plural, plural-only
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, plural, plural-only
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History
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).
