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 young, blindfolded, brunet debutante, dressed as if ready for her coming-out party, stretches her arm out to her side, as if trying to find her way.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2016

When Bezzerides enters the mansion wearing a brunet wig, she spots some key suspects in the corruption probe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2015

She ordered two robes each of five ells, the one to be of green and lined with either cendal or sarcenet, and the other to be of brunet stuff.

From Figures of Earth by James Branch Cabell