longhair

From long +‎ hair.

longhair (plural longhairs)

1. A person with hair longer than the norm, especially someone viewed as bohemian, non-conventional or a hippie.

   dismissed as just another band of longhairs at the height of longhair bands

   • 1975 November 14, John Keasler, “Take a walk”, in The Miami News, Miami, Fla., →OCLC, page 5 C, column 2:

     Health Food stores began displaying posters saying things like: “The American Indian, You Know, Walked!” It became a common sight to see longhairs and their chicks striding along purposefully eating maize-on-the-cob.

2. A person with a deep interest in the classical arts, especially music.
3. A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
4. A cat with hair longer than the norm.

   Antonym: shorthair

longhair (not comparable)

1. (derogatory, music) Concerning or characteristic of classical music.

   I would rather see a musical, but my wife, who loves longhair music, is dragging me to the symphony again.

• highbrow