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bán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blond adj Having pale yellowish or golden hair.
  • Gay adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  • white adj Reflecting all wavelengths of visible light equally; having the colour of snow or milk.

Senses

bán is used for these senses in English:

  • blond (of a, person) Having blond hair.
  • gay (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
  • white-haired Having white hair; especially, of a person, from old age.

blond — full definition

  1. adj Having pale yellowish or golden hair.
  2. noun A person with light golden or yellowish hair.

Gay — full definition

  1. adj Homosexual; romantically or sexually attracted to people of the same sex.
  2. adj Happy, carefree, and full of fun (an older, still-used sense, especially in older writing).
  3. noun A homosexual person, especially a man.

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