Confusion about "brunette" ...

Hi.

I am under the impression that any body who has "brown hair" NOT black is called "Brunette". if somebody has black hair , can we call it "brunette" too... Please explain it .

A 'brunette' is a woman with brown hair. Not black.

The term is not used for a man.

Best wishes, Clive

It's about skin or hair .

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brunet

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: of or marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation: a of hair and eyes : BROWN, BLACK b of s

Oh my goodness. We've been through this! Really!

It doesn't matter what the dictionary says. In real life, brunette applies only to women with brown hair. Not skin, not eyes -- hair. It applies only to women. No one in real life says "brunet" to refer to a brown-haired man.

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Beg to differ. From the NY Times, re men:

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Did he prefer Mr. Farrell as a blond or a brunet?

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/24/nyregion/24bold.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/T/To

Hi,

In the dictionaries, distinction is made between two words: brunet and brunette.

Here is an additional source:
Wikepidia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunet

"Brunet may refer to:

• the masculine form of the adjective

Hi

What we are trying to tell you is this.

If you say 'Do you know Tom? He's the guy over there in the green suit', it sounds fine.

If you say 'Do you know Tom? He's the brunet over there', people will think you are nuts.

Best wishes, Clive

CliveIf you say 'Do you know Tom? He's the brunet over there', people will think you are nuts.

Maybe you folks ought to make distinction as to what "locale" you use as a reference. If you go by the dictionary, the term is valid in both British English and American English. In turn, if you go by the spoken language in UK and here, across the po

Brunette, Blonde, Redhead are affectionatte terms used by men to describe "eye candy"

A man would not refer to an ugly or old woman as a brunette, only one which he and his friends were "admiring"

It is also polite to refer to your sister or mother this way, like I said it is an "affectionate" term - not sexual.

Just like saying describing someone as "sweet". or a "darl

AnonymousBrunette, Blonde, Redhead are affectionatte terms used by men to describe "eye candy"

A man would not refer to an ugly or old woman as a brunette, only one which he and his friends were "admiring"

It is also polite to refer to your sister or mother this way, like I said it is an "affectionate" term - not sexual.

Just like saying describ

http://www.bartleby.com/61/47/B0514700.html

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