auburn

plural auburns

1. countableuncountableA dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

   Synonyms: redbrown, abram

comparative more auburn · superlative most auburn

1. Of a reddish-brown colour.

   I never thought I'd meet a girl like you / Meet a girl like you / With auburn hair and tawny eyes

   1982, “I Ran (So Far Away)”, performed by A Flock of Seagulls

   2 more examples

   All were watching somebody in the garden with deep interest, their three faces close together: a jovial and round one, a pale one with dark hair, and a fair one whose tresses were auburn. “Don’t push! You can see as well as I,” said Retty, the auburn-haired and youngest girl, without removing her eyes from the window.

   1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXI, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC

   […]; nor was Miss Wilkinson the ideal: he had often pictured to himself the great violet eyes and the alabaster skin of some lovely girl, and he had thought of himself burying his face in the rippling masses of her auburn hair.

   1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXXIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC

   Synonyms: cupreous

1. A female given name.
2. A surname.
3. A number of places in the United States.
   1. A sizable city in Lee County, Alabama.
   2. A city, the county seat of Placer County, California.

      The outage area continues to expand, stretching from Granite Bay, Newcastle, Loomis, and Auburn across Folsom Lake to Cool, and north through Colfax into Lake of the Pines.

      2026 June 20, Erin Heft, “Massive PG&E power outage leaves approximately 61,000 customers in the dark across Placer County”, in KCRA, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2026

   3. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
   4. A city in Barrow County and Gwinnett County, Georgia.
   5. A city in Sangamon County, Illinois.
   6. A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Indiana.
   7. A city in Sac County, Iowa.
   8. A city in Shawnee County, Kansas.
   9. A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky.
   10. A city, the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine.
   11. A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   12. A city in Bay County, Michigan.
   13. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
   14. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
   15. A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.
   16. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
   17. An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.
   18. A city, the county seat of Cayuga County, New York.
   19. An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
   20. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota.
   21. A ghost town in Baker County, Oregon.
   22. A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
   23. An urban neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island.
   24. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
   25. A sizable city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
   26. A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
   27. A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
   28. A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
   29. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
   30. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Auburn Township.
4. A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. abbreviationellipsisinformalEllipsis of Auburn University.

   On Sept. 19, Brilyn Hollyhand, Auburn freshman studying political science, announced his plans to join forces with Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to launch his “One Conversation at a Time” college campus tour.

   2025 September 25, Tripp Hedden, “Brilyn Hollyhand announces campus tour with Turning Point USA”, in The Auburn Plainsman, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2025

   Synonyms: Aubum