AUBURN

auburn

(adjective) (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; “auburn hair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Auburn

A female given name

A surname.

Any of several towns or cities in the United States.

A sizable city in Lee County, Alabama.

A city, the county seat of Placer County, California.

An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.

A city in Barrow County and Gwinnett County, Georgia.

A city in Sangamon County, Illinois.

A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Indiana.

A city in Sac County, Iowa.

A city in Shawnee County, Kansas.

A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky.

A city, the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine.

A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

A city in Bay County, Michigan.

An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.

An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.

A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.

A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.

A city, the county seat of Cayuga County, New York.

An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.

A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota.

A ghost town in Baker County, Oregon.

A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

An urban neighborhood in Cranston, Rhode Island.

An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.

A sizable city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.

A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.

A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.

A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

(informal) Auburn University.

Etymology

Noun

auburn (countable and uncountable, plural auburns)

A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Adjective

auburn (comparative more auburn, superlative most auburn)

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Synonyms

• cupreous

Source: Wiktionary


Au"burn, a. Etym: [OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne, fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Alburn.]

1. Flaxen-colored. [Obs.] Florio.

2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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