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brunette

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bru⋅nette

  [broo-net]
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–adjective
1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
2. (of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
–noun
3. a person, esp. a female, with such coloration.
Origin:
1705–15; < F; fem. of brunet

Related forms:
bru⋅nette⋅ness, noun
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bru·nette   (brōō-nět')   
adj.  Having dark or brown hair.
n.  A girl or woman with dark or brown hair.

[French, feminine of brunet; see brunet.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

brunette 
1669, from Fr. brunette, from O.Fr. brunet, fem. dim. of brun "brown," of Gmc. origin (see brown). The metathesized form, O.Fr. burnete, is the source of the surname Burnett. Burnete was also used of a wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally dark brown.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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