roan
noun/rəʊn/
/rəʊn/
- an animal, especially a horse, that has hair of two colours mixed together
- a strawberry roan (= with a mixture of brown and grey hair that looks pink)
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Old French, of unknown origin.Definitions on the go
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