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brunette definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet, brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired] n
1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun see brunet I II. adjective see brunet II

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. a woman with dark brown hair. --adj. (of a woman) having dark brown hair. Etymology: F, fem. of brunet, dimin. of brun BROWN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brunette Bru*nette", n. [F. brunet, brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG. br?n. See Brown, a.] A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. -- a. Having a dark tint.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(brunettes) A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair. N-COUNT