Adjacent Words

Roan definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROAN, a. A roan horse is one that is of a bay, sorrel or dark color, with spots of gray or white thickly interspersed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse" n
1: a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
2: a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Old Spanish roano Date: 1530 having the base color (as red, black, or brown) muted and lightened by admixture of white hairs <a roan horse> <a roan calf> II. noun Date: 1580 1. an animal (as a horse) with a roan coat — usually used of a red roan when unqualified 2. the color of a roan horse — used especially when the base color is red III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1818 sheepskin tanned with sumac and colored and finished to imitate morocco

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. & n. --adj. (of an animal, esp. a horse or cow) having a coat of which the prevailing colour is thickly interspersed with hairs of another colour, esp. bay or sorrel or chestnut mixed with white or grey. --n. a roan animal. Phrases and idioms: blue roan adj. black mixed with white. --n. a blue roan animal. red roan adj. bay mixed with white or grey. --n. a red roan animal. strawberry roan adj. chestnut mixed with white or grey. --n. a strawberry roan animal. Etymology: OF, of unkn. orig. 2. n. soft sheepskin leather used in bookbinding as a substitute for morocco. Etymology: ME, perh. f. Roan, old name of Rouen in N. France

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roan Roan, n. 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. 2. A roan horse. 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. --DeColange. Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roan Roan, a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.] 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. Give my roan a drench. --Shak. 2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. Roan antelope (Zo["o]l.), a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(roans) A roan is a horse that is brown or black with some white hairs. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Titian, adust, auburn, bay, bay-colored, bayard, brazen, bronze, bronze-colored, bronzed, brownish-red, buckskin, calico pony, castaneous, chestnut, chestnut-brown, copper, copper-colored, coppery, cupreous, dapple-gray, dun, ferruginous, foxy, gray, grizzle, henna, liver-brown, liver-colored, livid-brown, mahogany, paint, painted pony, piebald, pinto, reddish-brown, rubiginous, rufous, russet, russety, rust, rust-colored, rusty, skewbald, sorrel, sunburned, terra-cotta