Definition of auburn
1 : of the color auburn
2 : of a reddish-brown color
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Black's wife, Joyce, a slender auburn-haired southerner, sat in a box seat just off home plate.
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Demi has never been afraid to take risks with her hair, rocking practically every color of the rainbow, from jet black to auburn to bright pink and blue.
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Auburn offensive tackle King Dunlap was the 230th player picked in the 2008 NFL Draft, and an ankle injury suffered in the preseason caused him to miss his entire rookie year.
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Roxy Hart was a version of the auburn beauty who shot her secret boyfriend while her husband was at work.
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Auburn starter Andrew Mitchell walked four -- including one with the bases loaded -- and hit a batter in those innings.
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From a girl with elbow-length auburn hair to a young woman with colorful scarves covering her bald head, Porkorny is shown in the photos smiling, often helping others.
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In a hilarious video Joanna posted to her Instagram account earlier today, Chip is shown pumping gas in slow motion as his auburn locks mesmerizingly blow in the wind.
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Costa is 51 and girlish, with shoulder-length auburn hair and a wide smile.
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Origin and Etymology of auburn
Middle English auborne blond, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin alburnus whitish, from Latin alburnum sapwood
auburn
Definition of auburn
: a moderate brown
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He's added a five to his number in the transition from the Plains to the pros, going from No. 8 at Auburn to No. 85 in Kansas City.
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Auburn got swept over the weekend by Alabama and dropped out of the top 10.
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Former Auburn football player Landon Rice has been found responsible for sexual assault from an incident in April 2016 by a Title IX investigation conducted by the university, according to a report from AL.com.
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Instead, in the novel, her hair mellows to the coveted auburn, and Matthew, in a moment of tremendous fatherly kindness, gives her a dress with puffed sleeves.
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First Known Use of auburn
1613
Auburn
playDefinition of Auburn
1 city in eastern Alabama population 53,380 ◆Auburn University is located in Auburn, Alabama.
2 city on the Androscoggin River in southwestern Maine population 23,055
3 city in central New York population 27,687
4 city east-northeast of Tacoma in western Washington population 70,180
AUBURN Defined for English Language Learners
AUBURN Defined for Kids
auburn
playDefinition of auburn for Students
: of a reddish brown color auburn hair
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