What is the meaning of skinheads?

noun

  • A young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations.
  • A youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies; hair was cropped close to the scalp; wore work-shirts and short jeans (supported by suspenders) and heavy red boots; involved in attacks against Asians and football hooliganism.
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