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roan

  [rohn]
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–adjective
1. (chiefly of horses) of the color sorrel, chestnut, or bay, sprinkled with gray or white.
2. prepared from leather of this color.
–noun
3. a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
4. a roan color.
5. a soft, flexible sheepskin leather, used in bookbinding, often made to imitate morocco.
Origin:
1520–30; < MF < OSp roano < Gmc; cf. Goth rauths red
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roan   (rōn)   
adj.  Having a chestnut, bay, or sorrel coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray: a roan horse.
n.  

    1. The characteristic coloring of a roan horse.

    2. A roan horse or other animal.

  2. A soft flexible sheepskin leather, often treated to resemble morocco and used in bookbinding.


[Obsolete French, from Old French, from Old Spanish roano, probably of Germanic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

roan 
1530, from M.Fr. roan "reddish brown," perhaps from Sp. roano, from O.Sp. raudano, probably from a Gmc. source (cf. Gothic raudan, accusative of rauðs "red").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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