bru·net

[broo-net]
adjective
1.
(especially of a male) brunette.
noun
2.
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Origin:
1885–90; < French, equivalent to brun brown + -et -et

bru·net·ness, noun
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brunet
"dark-complexioned person," 1887, from Fr. brunet, dim. of brun "brown," which is from a Gmc. source (see brown).
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