People with red or reddish hair; plural of redhead, referring to individuals with naturally occurring red hair pigmentation.
From 'red' (Old English 'rēad') + 'head' (Old English 'hēafod'), a straightforward compound describing hair color. The term became common in English by the 16th century.
Red hair is the rarest natural hair color, found in only 1-2% of the global population, and requires both parents to carry the recessive gene - making redheads a kind of genetic lottery winner whose striking appearance has inspired both admiration and superstition throughout history.
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