A person, especially female, with brown hair.
Used in a Sentence
brunette
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for brunette.
Editorial note
An understated, geeky 23 year old brunette with a tendency to wide eyed admiration is a good, safe choice.
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Definitions4
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Quick take
A person, especially female, with brown hair.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of brunette gathered in one view.
A surname from French.
(of a person) Having brown hair.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for brunette.
noun
A person, especially female, with brown hair.
noun
A surname from French.
adjective
(of a person) Having brown hair.
adjective
(of hair) Of a brown color or tone.
Example sentences
An understated, geeky 23 year old brunette with a tendency to wide eyed admiration is a good, safe choice.
If everyone improved themselves you'd have short bald confident ball of muscle dating hot brunette butterface.
(The other broad rule that distracts me in these cases: If a female subject in an advertisement is a brunette, it's usually targeting women.
I think my brunette life partner is pretty awesome and capable of things I would not be able to do.
The current situation is tall hairy muscular guy dating pretty skinny blonde, while short fat bald guy is lucky to get fat brunette ugly girl.
As art gets more and more abstract, at first I can't tell whether I'm looking at a blonde or a brunette.
It's like that guy from The Matrix, he's looking at undecypherable numbers and says 'my, my, look at that brunette in the sexy red dress'!
Surely the appeal of meeting an attractive brunette must have helped?
Easy money goes for the hot sexy blonde at the corner of the bar in the west village, but it doesn't mean the slightly less attractive brunette sitting in the corner isn't the best catch.
Taking the short bald confident ball of muscle and turning him into a tall, striking slab of muscle, dating the brunette with cheekbones that could shave wood.
Eli did not have red hair, but was brunette; Josh was drawn to her easygoing demeanor, her effortless good moods, and they fell very much in love.
All I see is blond, brunette, redhead....
Quote examples
The API is not expressive enough to tell you what expand/fill mean without looking at the documentation, so you have to "do the matrix" and start seeing blonde, brunette, redhead by memorizing the order of the flags.
The last few days have been filled with posts like, "does PG prefer blonde or brunette founders?"
All I see is blonde, brunette, red-head." I'd have expected experienced programmers to have reached that point long ago.
No one would dare miss out hitting on the blonde, and no one is going to fault anyone for not hitting on the brunette "she's uninteresting".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use brunette in a sentence?
An understated, geeky 23 year old brunette with a tendency to wide eyed admiration is a good, safe choice.
What does brunette mean?
A person, especially female, with brown hair.
What part of speech is brunette?
brunette is commonly used as noun, adjective.