roan

adjective/roʊn/

Frequency rank: #16,876 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Having a coat of a base color mixed with white or gray hairs, used especially to describe horses.

Illustration for the English word “roan”

Example sentence

The cowboy rode his favorite roan horse across the open plains.

Synonyms & related words

  • dappled
  • speckled
  • mottled
  • mixed

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