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Adjective
As for her glam, Roberts styled her newly auburn hair with long, soft waves and a side part.—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025 The post included a photo featuring her wearing a red hard hat with her auburn curls flowing down her shoulders.—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
Hair can be curly, straight, thick, thin, brown, black, blonde, or auburn.—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2025 As for her glam, the actress’ look included her auburn ‘do styled with soft, natural waves and a middle part.—Julia Teti, WWD, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for auburn
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English auborne blond, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin alburnus whitish, from Latin alburnum sapwood
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