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roan - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Adjective

roan (not comparable)

  • (of an animal, especially of a horse) Having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  • Made of roan (kind of leather).
    • ✤ * roan binding*

Noun

roan (plural roans)

  • An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
  • The color of such an animal.
  • A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
    • ✤ * Roan, a kind of leather used for shoes, slippers, and common bookbinding; prepared from sheep skins by tanning with sumach.*1

Noun

roan (plural roans)

  • Archaic form of rowan (“kind of tree”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: rōn, IPA: /ɹəʊn/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • (US) enPR: rōn, IPA: /ɹoʊn/, /ˈɹoʊ.ən/2
  • Rhymes: -əʊn

Etymology 1

From Middle French roan, probably from Spanish roano, from Old Spanish raudano, itself probably of Germanic origin (compare Gothic ﹡𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (﹡raudan), accusative of 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs, “red”). Compare rowan.

Etymology 2

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Footnotes

  1. 1882, Leo de Colange, The American Encyclopaedia of Commerce, Manufactures, Commercial Law, and Finance, volume 2: ↩

  2. “roan”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. ↩

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