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roan (adj.)
1520s, from Middle French
roan
"reddish brown," perhaps from Spanish
roano
, from Old Spanish
raudano
, probably from a Germanic source (compare Gothic
raudan
, accusative of
rauðs
"red"). Chiefly of horses.
