auburn

UK: /ˈɔːbə^rn/ US: /ˈɔbɚn/ ,(ô′bərn)

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au•burn /ˈɔbɚn/   n. [uncountable]

1. a reddish brown color.

adj. 

2. of this color:
   auburn hair.

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au•burn  (ô′bərn), n. 

1. a reddish-brown or golden-brown color.

adj. 

2. having auburn color:
   auburn hair.

• Latin alburnus whitish. See alburnum
• Middle French, Old French auborne, alborne
• late Middle English abo(u)rne blond 1400–50

Au•burn  (ô′bərn), n. 

1. Place Names a city in central New York: state prison. 32,548.
2. Place Names a city in E Alabama. 28,471.
3. Place Names a city in W central Washington. 26,417.
4. Place Names a city in SW Maine, on the Androscoggin River. 23,128.
5. Place Names a city in central Massachusetts. 14,845.

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auburn / ˈɔːb^ən/ noun

1. a moderate reddish-brown colour
2. (as adjective): auburn hair

Etymology: 15th Century (originally meaning: blond): from Old French alborne blond, from Medieval Latin alburnus whitish, from Latin albus white