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roan

(roʊn)
Word forms: plural roans
countable noun
A roan is a horse that is brown or black with some white hairs.

roan in British English

(rəʊn)
adjective
1. 
(of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs
noun
2. 
a horse having such a coat
3. 
a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc
Word origin
C16: from Old French, from Spanish roano, probably from Gothic rauths red

roan in American English 1

(roʊn)
adjective
1. 
of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs
said chiefly of horses
noun
2. 
a roan color
3. 
a roan horse or other animal
Word origin
OFr < OSp roano < L ravidus, grayish < ravus, grayish-yellow, tawny

roan in American English 2

(roʊn)
noun
a soft, flexible sheepskin used in bookbinding, often treated to look like morocco
Word origin
MScot, after ? Rouen

Examples of 'roan' in a sentence
roan

Horses were poking their heads over their stall doors, and her favourite roan mare gave a welcoming nicker.
Penman, Sharon HERE BE DRAGONS (2004)
In the distance was the pony, a roan, neck bowed as it cropped grass.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (2004)
A big roan was led back toward the barns, toe-dancing, returning from a workout.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS (2004)
With Jennsen reassuringly close by, Betty lay down beside Rusty, Jennsen's red roan mare.
Terry Goodkind NAKED EMPIRE (2004)

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