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Answer for the clue "Brown-haired (var.) ", 6 letters:
brunet

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brunet refers to a person (usually male) with brown hair (the female equivalent is brunette ). Brunet may also refer to: Brunet (surname) Brunet (pharmacy) , a chain located in Quebec, Canada Brunet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , a commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"dark-complexioned person," 1887, from French brunet , diminutive of brun "brown," which is from a Germanic source (see brown (adj.)).

Usage examples of brunet.

Of the brunets, in case Junco had removed her cloak, only one was of the right height and slimness, with erect posture and neatly coiled braids.

Gervais battery and the right flank of the Malakoff, General Brunet to fall upon the left flank of the Malakoff and the little Redan from the Mamelon, while General Mayrau was to carry the Russian battery near the careening creek.

At another level, the irony is embodied in the dramatic reversal of fortunes undergone by Mathieu and Brunet by the time the tetralogy breaks off.

As the sequence proceeds, there is a greater sense of honesty and lucidity, a sharper awareness of the risks of living in a changing world, but if we concentrate on Mathieu, Gomez and Brunet in their public or political roles, we are struck by the ultimately unpersuasive character of all their modes of commitment.

Scaurus suddenly wished he were a short brunet, to be less conspicuous in the crowd.

He gave me a high school graduation picture of a pretty brunet he said was Suzie.

The house meant by Sainte-Croix was in the rue des Bernardins, and the place near at hand where he was to wait for Belleguise was the room he leased from the widow Brunet, in the blind alley out of the Place Maubert.

One was a blond and the other a brunet, but otherwise they were identical.

General Westerman and Brunet and Beauharnais for having failed and failed and failed?

I have brunet hair, Lucius and Mama sort of ashy blond, while Papa's is dark reddish chestnut, with gold hairs in summer.

Deliberately Carialle avoided meeting any who were physically similar to Fanine, who had been a tall, rather plain brunet with large hands and feet, or anyone from Fanine's home planet.

From Conches to Ville-aux-Fayes, workmen came there to meet and make their bargains and hear the news collected by the Tonsard women and by Mouche and old Fourchon, or supplied by Vermichel and Brunet, that renowned official, when he came to the tavern in search of his practitioner.