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auburn

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Noun
 : 
au=burn

CIDE DICTIONARY

auburna. [OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne, fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Alburn.].
  •  Flaxen-colored.  Florio.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Reddish brown.  [1913 Webster]
    "His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

auburn, adj. reddish brown (usu. of a person's hair).

Etymology
ME, orig. yellowish white, f. OF auborne, alborne, f. L alburnus whitish f. albus white

THESAURUS

auburn

Titian, adust, bay, bay-colored, bayard, brazen, bronze, bronze-colored, bronzed, brownish-red, carroty, castaneous, chestnut, chestnut-brown, copper, copper-colored, coppery, cupreous, erythristic, ferruginous, foxy, henna, liver-brown, liver-colored, livid-brown, mahogany, red-crested, red-haired, red-polled, red-tufted, reddish-brown, roan, rubiginous, rufous, russet, russety, rust, rust-colored, rusty, sunburned, terra-cotta, xanthous

ROGET THESAURUS

auburn

Brown

N brown, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown, brown, bay, dapple, auburn, castaneous, chestnut, nut-brown, cinnamon, russet, tawny, fuscous, chocolate, maroon, foxy, tan, brunette, whitey brown, fawn-colored, snuff-colored, liver-colored, brown as a berry, brown as mahogany, brown as the oak leaves, khaki, sun-burnt, tanned.


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