brunette

/bruˈnɛt/
/bruˈnɛt/
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Other forms: brunettes

Definitions of brunette
  1. noun
    a person with dark (brown) hair
    synonyms: brunet
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    type of:
    individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
    a human being
  2. adjective
    marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
    “a brunette beauty”
    synonyms: brunet
    adust
    burned brown by the sun
    bronzed, suntanned, tanned
    (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun
    brown, browned
    (of skin) deeply suntanned
    dark
    brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
    black-haired, brown-haired, dark-haired
    having hair of a dark color
    dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy
    naturally having skin of a dark color
    grizzled
    having dark hairs mixed with grey or white
    nutbrown
    of the color of nuts
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/bruˈnɛt/
UK
/bruˈnɛt/
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