brunette

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Tom's girlfriend, Sarah (Jaime King, who as a brunette is a dead ringer for Kimberly Williams), and Irene (Betsy Rue) survive before the police arrive and shoot Harry Warden dead.

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  1. adjective Having dark or brown hair.
  2. noun A girl or woman with dark or brown hair.

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  • The 23-year-old brunette was a stunning beauty, they recalled. —  Macleans.ca
  • The 22-year-old brunette is auctioning off her virginity in a desperate bid to pay for her college tuition. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • Tom's girlfriend, Sarah (Jaime King, who as a brunette is a dead ringer for Kimberly Williams), and Irene (Betsy Rue) survive before the police arrive and shoot Harry Warden dead. —  Pajiba
  • One day a brunette, a redhead and a blonde decide to go through their daughter's purs —  AskMen.com - HOME PAGE
  • Beirut invented the paradigm of the icy brunette, the unapproachable one in dark sunshades above perfect lips seemingly born into every VIP room and first-class lounge. —  Forbes.com: News
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  1. French, feminine of brunet; see brunet.

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  1. French, feminine diminutive of brun, brown: see brown. Cf. burnet, burnet.
 

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