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

When I was 5 years old, I could never decide who I loved more: blond Laurie or brunet Libby.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

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

The officer raised his voice for the benefit of the brunet assemblage.

From Lady Luck by Wiley, Hugh