auburn
[ aw-bern ]
/ ˈɔ bərn /
noun
a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.
adjective
having auburn color: auburn hair.
Origin of auburn
1400–50; late Middle English
abo(u)rne blond < Middle French, Old French
auborne,
alborne < Latin
alburnus whitish. See
alburnum
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Definition for auburn (2 of 2)
Auburn
[ aw-bern ]
/ ˈɔ bərn /
noun
a city in central New York: state prison.
a city in E Alabama.
a city in W central Washington.
a city in SW Maine, on the Androscoggin River.
a city in central Massachusetts.
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British Dictionary definitions for auburn
auburn
/ (ˈɔːbən) /
noun
- a moderate reddish-brown colour
- (as adjective)auburn hair
Word Origin for auburn
C15 (originally meaning: blond): from Old French
alborne blond, from Medieval Latin
alburnus whitish, from Latin
albus white