brunette
(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
(of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
a person, especially a female, with such coloration.
Origin of brunette
1Other words from brunette
- bru·nette·ness, noun
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How to use brunette in a sentence
Reich was a brunette divorcee in her 30s with a checked romantic history.
Why the Stories of Jewish Women Who Fought the Nazis Remained Hidden for So Long | Judy Batalion | April 8, 2021 | TimeThere’s Dolly as a strikingly ordinary-looking child, Dolly in a ruffled prom dress, Dolly looking suspiciously brunette.
‘Dolly Parton, Songteller’ is a gold mine of little-seen photos and personal anecdotes | Allison Stewart | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostShe went brunette, and then lost her hair entirely and turned to wigs.
Why Britney Spears’s fans are convinced she’s being held captive | Constance Grady | November 11, 2020 | VoxShe started out as a quirky brunette with a dream, a girl from Dallas who wanted us to love her.
In April, the 19-year-old brunette in an emerald gown was crowned Miss Honduras.
The girl next to me, an attractive brunette in her 20s, spent much of the first act and most of the second half asleep.
The Hell of the Hamptons: Why the Exclusive Hotspot Is a Mind-Numbing Drag | Robert Gold | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that short brunette friend she had who no one remembered?
So You Want to be a Porn Star? Inside the Sex Tape Phenomenon | Aurora Snow | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhether we are fat, skinny, tall, short, blonde, or brunette, should not define us as women.
Plus-Size Model, Jennifer Maitland: Get Over the Word ‘Fat’ | Jennifer Maitland | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was a brunette—great black flashing eyes, full red lips, raven-black hair, skin suffused with the glow of buoyant health.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingAmong the number of women who came to me with letters was a sweet-faced brunette about thirty.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianShe was a brunette, sprightly and handsomely dressed, like the rich bourgeois that she was.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueThe eldest was the most beautiful brunette I have ever seen.
She is tall and slender, a decided brunette, with large black eyes, full of expression.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for brunette
/ (bruːˈnɛt) /
a girl or woman with dark brown hair
dark brown: brunette hair
Origin of brunette
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