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adj
Especially of a woman: having light brown hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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Broader terms: brunette
adj
Of hair, especially of a woman: light brown.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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Broader terms: brunette
noun
A person, especially a woman, with light brown hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Broader terms: brunette
History
From brown + -ette, after brunette. Coined by American businessman Max Factor in the late 1920s.
