Brunet

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brunet
       adj : marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or
             skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty" [syn: {brunette}]
             [ant: {blond}]
       n : a person with dark (brown) hair [syn: {brunette}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "brunet":
     ash blond, auburn-haired, beige, black-haired, black-locked,
     bleached blond, blond, brown, brown-haired, brownish,
     brownish-yellow, carrottop, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa,
     cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dark-skinned, drab, dun,
     dun-brown, dun-drab, dusky, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous,
     goldilocks, grege, hazel, honey blond, khaki, lurid, nut-brown,
     olive-brown, olive-drab, peroxide blond, platinum blond,
     raven-haired, raven-tressed, redhead, seal, seal-brown, sepia,
     snuff-colored, sorrel, strawberry blond, swart, swarth, swarthy,
     tan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, towhead, umber,
     umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, xanthous, yellowish-brown