Auburn
WordNet

adjective


(1)   (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
"Auburn hair"
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Etymology


Early Modern English auburn "brown, reddish brown" from aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune "light brown, yellowish brown, blond", alteration (due to conflation with brun "brown") of earlier auborne "yellowish-white, flaxen" from auborne, alborne "blond, flaxen, off-white" from Medieval Latin alburnus "whitish" from Latin albus "white". More at albino, brown

Noun



  1. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

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