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roan (rōn)

adjective

of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs: said chiefly of horses

Etymology: OFr < OSp roano < L ravidus, grayish < ravus, grayish-yellow, tawny

noun

  1. a roan color
  2. a roan horse or other animal
roan2 definition

roan (rōn)

noun

a soft, flexible sheepskin used in bookbinding, often treated to look like morocco

Etymology: MScot, after ? Rouen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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