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brunettes

brunettes is the plural of brunette.

Meaning of brunette

Noun

brunette (plural brunettes)

  1. A person, especially female, with brown hair.
    • And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between...1866, Luke Owen Pike, “The Evidence of Physical Characteristics”, in The English and Their Origin. A Prologue to Authentic English History., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 145–146
    Synonyms:
    brune
    1. (dated, strictly) A person, especially female, with dark brown hair.
      • FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […]1947 September 5, “Sears”, in The Kansas City Star, main edition, volume 67, number 336, Kansas City, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 6

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Proper noun capitalized: Brunettes

Brunettes

  1. (plural) plural of Brunette

Questions about brunettes

What is brunettes the plural of?
Brunettes is the plural of brunette.
What part of speech is brunettes?
Brunettes is a proper noun.

Words near brunettes in the dictionary

  1. brunetness
  2. brunets
  3. Brunett
  4. brunette
  5. brunetteness
  6. brunettes
  7. Brunetti
  8. Brunettis
  9. Brunetto
  10. Brunettos
  11. Brunetts

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