[bru.net] or bru.nette n (ca. 1539): a person having brown or black hair and usu. a relatively dark complexion
[2]brunet or brunette adj [F brunet, masc., brunette, fem., brownish, fr. OF, fr. brun brown, fr. ML brunus, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG brun brown] (1752) 1: being a brunet
2: of a dark-brown or black color "~ hair"