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Roan

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Noun

1. roan

a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding

2. roan

a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray

Adjective

3. roan

(used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey

Example Sentences:
'a roan horse'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roan

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adjective
1. 
(of a horse) having a bay (red roan), chestnut (strawberry roan), or black (blue roan) coat sprinkled with white hairs
noun
2. 
a horse having such a coat
3. 
a soft unsplit sheepskin leather with a close tough grain, used in bookbinding, etc

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Roan

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adjective
1. 
of a solid color, as reddish brown, brown, or black, with a thick sprinkling of white hairs
said chiefly of horses
noun
2. 
a roan color
3. 
a roan horse or other animal
noun
a soft, flexible sheepskin used in bookbinding, often treated to look like morocco

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roan

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adj.
Having a chestnut, bay, or sorrel coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray: a roan horse.
n.
1.
a. The characteristic coloring of a roan horse.
b. A roan horse or other animal.
2. A soft flexible sheepskin leather, often treated to resemble morocco and used in bookbinding.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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