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auburn

1

[aw-bern]

noun

  1. a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.



adjective

  1. having auburn color.

    auburn hair.

Auburn

2

[aw-bern]

noun

  1. a city in central New York: state prison.

  2. a city in E Alabama.

  3. a city in W central Washington.

  4. a city in SW Maine, on the Androscoggin River.

  5. a city in central Massachusetts.

auburn

/ ˈɔːbən /

noun

    1. a moderate reddish-brown colour

    2. ( as adjective )

      auburn hair

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of auburn1

1400–50; late Middle English abo ( u ) rne blond < Middle French, Old French auborne, alborne < Latin alburnus whitish. See alburnum
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Word History and Origins

Origin of auburn1

C15 (originally meaning: blond): from Old French alborne blond, from Medieval Latin alburnus whitish, from Latin albus white
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Example Sentences

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On this afternoon, he is dressed in black, auburn hair slicked back.

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From Snow White to Belle, for decades Disney princesses could have auburn, blonde or raven manes.

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The land was auburn coloured, covered with dried stalks of recently cut corn, good fodder for hungry sheep.

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“Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts just the same.”

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An auburn couch was positioned beneath a chandelier hung from the light-wrapped olive trees that surrounded the scene.

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