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brunette

[ broo-net ]

adjective

  1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
  2. (of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.


noun

  1. a person, especially a female, with such coloration.

brunette

/ bruːˈnɛt /

noun

  1. a girl or woman with dark brown 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


adjective

  1. dark brown

    brunette 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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Other Words From

  • bru·netteness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brunette1

1705–15; < French; feminine of brunet
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brunette1

C17: from French, feminine of brunet dark, brownish, from brun brown, of Germanic origin; see brown
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Example Sentences

Reich was a brunette divorcee in her 30s with a checked romantic history.

From Time

There’s Dolly as a strikingly ordinary-looking child, Dolly in a ruffled prom dress, Dolly looking suspiciously brunette.

She went brunette, and then lost her hair entirely and turned to wigs.

From Vox

She started out as a quirky brunette with a dream, a girl from Dallas who wanted us to love her.

In April, the 19-year-old brunette in an emerald gown was crowned Miss Honduras.

The girl next to me, an attractive brunette in her 20s, spent much of the first act and most of the second half asleep.

And that short brunette friend she had who no one remembered?

Whether we are fat, skinny, tall, short, blonde, or brunette, should not define us as women.

She was a brunette—great black flashing eyes, full red lips, raven-black hair, skin suffused with the glow of buoyant health.

Among the number of women who came to me with letters was a sweet-faced brunette about thirty.

She was a brunette, sprightly and handsomely dressed, like the rich bourgeois that she was.

The eldest was the most beautiful brunette I have ever seen.

She is tall and slender, a decided brunette, with large black eyes, full of expression.

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