auburn

[ aw-bern ]
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noun
  1. a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.

adjective
  1. having auburn color: auburn hair.

Origin of auburn

1
1400–50; late Middle English abo(u)rne blond <Middle French, Old French auborne,alborne<Latin alburnus whitish. See alburnum

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Auburn
[ aw-bern ]

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

  2. a city in E Alabama.

  1. a city in W central Washington.

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

  3. a city in central Massachusetts.

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British Dictionary definitions for auburn

auburn

/ (ˈɔːbən) /


noun
    • a moderate reddish-brown colour

    • (as adjective): auburn hair

Origin of auburn

1
C15 (originally meaning: blond): from Old French alborne blond, from Medieval Latin alburnus whitish, from Latin albus white

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