auburn

¹

[aw-bern]

noun

1. a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.

adjective

1. having auburn color.

   auburn hair.

Auburn

²

[aw-bern]

noun

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

2. a city in E Alabama.

3. a city in W central Washington.

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

5. a city in central Massachusetts.

auburn

/ ˈɔːbən /

noun

1. 1. a moderate reddish-brown colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      auburn hair

Word History and Origins

Origin of auburn¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of auburn¹

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

Example Sentences

Every autumn, as leaves turn from green to auburn and float to the ground, we turn into a nation of outdoor undertakers.

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On this afternoon, he is dressed in black, auburn hair slicked back.

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From Snow White to Belle, for decades Disney princesses could have auburn, blonde or raven manes.

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The land was auburn coloured, covered with dried stalks of recently cut corn, good fodder for hungry sheep.

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“Reminded me of someone I knew back when. Except she has flaming locks of auburn hair. Bless her heart. Just a hair of a different color, but it hurts just the same.”

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