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auburn

au·burn [ áwbərn ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
reddish brown: dark coppery red or reddish brown
auburn hair

[15th century. < Old French (influenced in sense by the similarity of the variant spelling abrun to brun "brown") < medieval Latin alburnus "whitish" < Latin albus "white"]

au·burn noun
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