brune
Americanadjective
noun
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She knew quite well that Gaston's name had oft been coupled with that of Mlle. de St. Romans—"la belle brune de Bordeaux," as she was universally called—daughter of the gallant Maréchal just home from Flanders.
From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Mrs. Horton was short, brune, and rather plump.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
Queen Marie had heard vague rumours anent the early reputation of "la belle brune de Bordeaux"; this very nick-name, freely bandied about, grated on her puritanic ear.
From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Her hair was a brown which hardly escaped being ruddy, and her skin matched it, lacking alike the dusky warmth of the brune and the purity of the blonde.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
"She's the sort of brune that colors well," he thought.
From Not Pretty, but Precious by J. W. (John William) De Forest
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