Auburn Definition

ôbərn
noun
A moderate reddish brown to brown.
American Heritage

A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • chestnut-brown
adjective
Reddish brown.
Webster's New World
Of a reddish-brown colour.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • russety
  • erythristic
  • red-polled
  • red-crested
  • liver-colored
  • bronze-colored
  • bay-colored
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

A surname​.

Wiktionary

A place name for several towns or cities in the USA.

Wiktionary

Origin of Auburn

  • Early Modern English auburn "brown, reddish brown" from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune "light brown, yellowish brown, blond", alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun "brown") of earlier auborne "yellowish-white, flaxen" from Old French auborne, alborne "blond, flaxen, off-white" from Medieval Latin alburnus "whitish" from Latin albus "white". More at albino, brown

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French aborne blond from Latin alburnus whitish from albus white albho- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Auburn Sentence Examples

  • Her auburn curls lay in no particular style – so much like her father.

  • Long, auburn hair was loose around her shoulders, and her face glowed.

  • Her auburn curls were drawn up into a decorative band at the side of her head.

  • She brushed an auburn curl from her face and sighed.

  • Hazel eyes held a hint of humor all the time, and his auburn hair had a stylish cut.

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Words Starting With

AAUAUB

Words Ending With

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