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brunette

[broo-net]

adjective

  1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.

  2. (of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.



noun

  1. a person, especially a female, with such coloration.

brunette

/ bruːˈnɛt /

noun

  1. a girl or woman with dark brown hair

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. dark brown

    brunette hair

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • brunetteness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brunette1

1705–15; < French; feminine of brunet
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brunette1

C17: from French, feminine of brunet dark, brownish, from brun brown, of Germanic origin; see brown
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Example Sentences

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Inside the car, detectives found a brunette wig and a rubber mask resembling a white male that the law enforcement source said looked realistic enough to be “movie quality.”

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Norwood isn’t real — the brunette who appears in a comedy sketch on her Instagram page is in fact a computer-generated composite.

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The brunette poses for photos and showcases a fully AI-generated comedy sketch, where it is described as having "girl next door vibes."

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"Visconti wanted me brunette with long hair. Fellini wanted me blonde," Cardinale said.

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"We created 10 draft models for him and he selected one brunette woman and one blonde that we went ahead and developed further," Gonzalez says.

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