# skinhead

Pronunciation: say "SKIN-hed" /ˈskɪn.hɛd/

## Noun

1. A member of a youth subculture that began among working-class people in late-1960s England, marked by shaved heads and working-class dress, and often linked to violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant beliefs.
   - Simple: A young person in a group that began in 1960s England, known for shaved heads, work clothes, and sometimes racist views.
   - _A skinhead in a bomber jacket shouted slogans from the back of the crowd._
   - _The two skinheads had grown up together in the same neighborhood._
2. A person whose head is completely shaved, with little or no visible hair.
   - Simple: A person who has shaved off all the hair on their head.
   - _He showed up to the reunion as a skinhead, having shaved his head for charity._
   - _All the new recruits were skinheads once the barber had finished with them._

## Origin

A compound of skin + head. Both parts are old English words, with skin going back through Middle English skyn to Proto-Germanic and head going back through Old English hēafod to Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European roots.

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