Auburn
['ɔːbən;'ɔːbɜːn] or ['ɔbɚn]
Definition
(adj.) (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; 'auburn hair' .
Typed by Leigh--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Flaxen-colored.
(a.) Reddish brown.
Checker: Roderick
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Nut-brown, chestnut-colored, reddish-brown.
Typed by Cyril
Definition
adj. reddish brown.
Typist: Marietta
Examples
- On this day Blair reached New Auburn and joined McClernand's 4th division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In this young sportsman, distinguished by a crisply curling auburn head and a bluff countenance, the Secretary descried the orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Her hair was of a rich, dark auburn, her complexion fair, and her figure slight and graceful. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The auburn head and bright flushed face vanished,--the door shut peremptorily. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His hair is auburn, not red, and he was very polite, and I had a delicious redowa with him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- At the same time I dispatched to Blair, who was near Auburn, to move with all speed to Edward's station. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- With an air of absence he was playing with her auburn locks, while she leaned on him; twice I turned back, only to look again on this matchless pair. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The 11th, McClernand was at Five Mile Creek; Sherman at Auburn; McPherson five miles advanced from Utica. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Auburn hair, if you please: mamma, calls it auburn, or golden, and so do all her friends. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Marietta