ginger
adjective/ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)/
/ˈdʒɪndʒər/
(British English)- light orange-brown in colour
- ginger hair
- a ginger cat
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGinger is used with these nouns:- beard
- hair
Word Originlate Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali (an ancient Indian language) siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.
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