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[ broo-net ] / bruˈnɛt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR brunette ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective(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. nouna person, especially a female, with such coloration. Origin of brunette1705–15; <French; feminine of brunet OTHER WORDS FROM brunettebru·nette·ness, nounWords nearby brunetteBrunei, Brunel, Brunelleschi, brunet, Brunetière, brunette, brunfelsia, brung, Brunhild, Brüning, brunizem Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brunetteIn April, the 19-year-old brunette in an emerald gown was crowned Miss Honduras. The Shocking Death of Miss Honduras|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whether 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|DAILY BEAST The tabloid battle between the sweet blonde and the brunette vixen played out like an issue of Betty and Veronica on crack. Real-Life Couples on Screen: Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, Brangelina, and More|Amy Zimmerman|May 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was Blondie on has right and a lovely Italianate brunette on the other side. The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A pretty girl with brunette hair, Dima sits curled up in an apartment in Midyat with her mother and her 16-year-old sister, Marie. Syria’s Christians Flee Kidnappings, Rape, Executions|Jamie Dettmer|November 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Presently we entered a large room, at one end of which sat a very pretty Parisian brunette, who bade me a gracious welcome. The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI.|Various She was rather tall and slender but well built, a brunette, and about twenty-two years old. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile|Henry Stephens In Germany and Austria this brunette tendency is likewise strongly emphasized. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various And think of the moment when it is to be decided once and forever which it is to be—Blonde or Brunette! This Giddy Globe|Oliver Herford Brunette saw that her wicked heart prevented her from being happy and she commenced trying to correct her faults. Old French Fairy Tales|Comtesse de Sgur
British Dictionary definitions for brunette
nouna girl or woman with dark brown hair Word Origin for brunetteC17: from French, feminine of brunet dark, brownish, from brun brown, of Germanic origin; see brown Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to brunettebrown, brunet, dusky, swarthy, tawny, bistered, pigmented, swart, tanned |