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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having dark or brown hair.
  • noun A girl or woman with dark or brown hair.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A woman with dark hair and eyes and brown or dark complexion.
  • Dark in color; having a brownish or olive tone: said of the complexion.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of a woman or girl, having brown or black hair.
  • noun A girl or woman with brown or black hair.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person with dark (brown) hair
  • adjective marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, feminine of brunet; see brunet.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

French brunette, feminine of brunet, brown

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