brunet

American  

[broo-net] / bruˈnɛt /

adjective

1. (especially of a male) brunette.

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noun

1. a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Other Word Forms

• brunetness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of brunet

1885–90; < French, equivalent to brun brown + -et -et

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

brunet

She was 28, a brunet ingénue from English stock, raised in what she has wryly called “the most aristocratic village in the prune belt” of Northern California.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2018

In 2013, he brought on Hansen, a seasoned C.E.O., who is also five-nine and has a neat brunet beard.

From The New Yorker ● May 8, 2017

A: The beginning of my senior year at Rochester University, I pulled into a parking lot, and in front of my car walked a beautiful brunet wearing a black London fog raincoat and high heels.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 31, 2016

The blond was not as shy as the brunet and allowed us to take a peek at its long pink nose, shovel-like claws and beady black eyes.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2015

A minute later the fish wagon was ringed about with a hundred brunet fish eaters.

From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley