Both Uses
auburn
in
The Hunt for Red October
(Edited)
- "Georgetown University, please," she said, a pretty young woman with auburn hair and an armload of books.
Chpt 13.auburn = reddish-brown
- Five three or so, auburn hair, gray eyes, adequate figure, a dazzling smile, and fashionably dressed.
Chpt 13. *
Definitions:
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(1)
(auburn as in: auburn hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown -- especially of hair
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(2)
(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) More commonly, as a proper noun (capitalized), Auburn is the name of an important university and city in Alabama, and of various cities in the USA and elsewhere in the world.