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Meaning of 'roan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Roan [ a.]
- Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
- Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
2 . Roan [ n.]
- The color of a roan horse; a roan color.
- A roan horse.
- A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.

Meaning of 'roan' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . roan [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey
Example in sentence:
  • a roan horse

Nearby Words:

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