'Roan' definitions:
Definition of 'roan'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse"
noun
A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
noun
A horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
Definition of 'Roan'
From: GCIDE
- Roan \Roan\ (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.]
- 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. [1913 Webster]
- Give my roan a drench. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. [1913 Webster]
- Roan antelope (Zool.), a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, {equine antelope}, and bastard gemsbok. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Roan'
From: GCIDE
- Roan \Roan\, n.
- 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A roan horse. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. --DeColange. [1913 Webster]
- Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'roan'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adust,
- auburn,
- bay,
- bay-colored,
- bayard,
- brazen,
- bronze,
- bronze-colored,
- bronzed,
- brownish-red,
- buckskin,
- calico pony,
- castaneous,
- chestnut,
- chestnut-brown,
- copper,
- copper-colored,
- coppery,
- cupreous,
- dapple-gray,
- dun,
- ferruginous,
- foxy,
- gray,
- grizzle,
- henna,
- liver-brown,
- liver-colored,
- livid-brown,
- mahogany,
- paint,
- painted pony,
- piebald,
- pinto,
- reddish-brown,
- rubiginous,
- rufous,
- russet,
- russety,
- rust,
- rust-colored,
- rusty,
- skewbald,
- sorrel,
- sunburned,
- terra-cotta,
- Titian