ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: back-formation from long-haired
1.
a. : a man who wears his hair long
b. : an American Indian (as a Navaho) who has not attended school
the longhairs of the Southwest, if sometimes rejected for illiteracy, are sought to man jackhammers and bulldozers — Elizabeth S. Sergeant
2.
a. : an artistically gifted person or one seriously interested in any of the arts ; especially : a composer, performer, or lover of classical music
the great and the unknown who make music in Manhattan go there — from longhairs to hot pianists, drummers, and vibraharpists — Newsweek
b. : an impractical or unworldly intellectual : a scholar remote from everyday life
described the younger writers as lugubrious and timid longhairs huddling in chill academies — Irving Howe
problems the hard-boiled businessmen seem willing to leave to the longhairs — H.A.Wolff
books are for women and longhairs — Ellery Queen