roan

Adjective

roan (not comparable)

1. (especially) Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
2. Made of roan (kind of leather).
   • roan binding

Noun

roan (plural roans)

1. An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
   • I crawled my way into The Doom Saloon / In an attempt to cauterize my wounds / I did a terrible job and they became powerfully infected / I found myself atop a stolen roan / Quite convinced that I would never see home / And all on account of my lack of common manners / I prayed for courage, I...2015 October 2, Clutch, “A Quick Death in Texas”, in Psychic Warfare (Hard Rock, Stoner Rock), performed by Clutch, [United States]: Weathermaker Music, →OCLC
2. The color of such an animal.
3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
   • Roan, a kind of leather used for shoes, slippers, and common bookbinding; prepared from sheep skins by tanning with sumach.1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance, volume 2

Proper noun capitalized: Roan

IPA/ˈɹoʊ.ən/

Roan

1. A surname.
   • Mrs. Roan was 26 years old, in good health, kept her house, and was faithful in the discharge of her duties as a wife.1922, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 241, page 251
   • Explaining the Kamalanomenon (another Chappell Roan reference) is part of Jessica Maddox’s job. […] She spent Sunday evening telling her husband, “because I’m like, 10 days on the internet ahead of him,” about the significance of the coconut tree, which has been a thing for weeks now.2024 July 23, Maura Judkis, Jesús Rodríguez, “The Kamala Harris meme decoders have entered the chat”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2024