brunette

3 definitions found

brunette - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, adj.
     1. being or having dark-colored skin and hair; contrasted
        with blond. [Narrower terms: adust, sunburned burned  brown by the sun
        ; black, brown; black-haired,  dark-haired
        ; browned, suntanned, tanned; grizzled,  roan
        ; nutbrown]
        [WordNet 1.5] brunet

  brunet \bru*net"\, Brunette \Bru*nette"\, n. [F. brunet,
     brunette, brownish, dim. of brun, brune, brown, fr. OHG.
     br?n. See Brown, a.]
     A girl or woman with a somewhat brown or dark complexion. --
     a. Having a dark tint.
     [1913 Webster]

brunette - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  brunette
      adj 1: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or
             skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: brunet,
             brunette] [ant: blond, blonde, light-haired]
      n 1: a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: brunet, brunette]