What does roan mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. roannoun

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

  2. roanadjective

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

  3. roanadjective

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

    "a roan horse"

Wiktionary

  1. roannoun

    an animal such as a horse that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in

  2. roannoun

    the color of such an animal

  3. roanadjective

    especially of a horse, having a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

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  1. roan

    Roan is a coat color found in many animals, mainly horses, cows, and dogs. It is characterized by an even mixture of colored and white hairs on the body, while the head and "points"—lower legs, mane and tail—are more solid-colored. Roan is often distinguished from similar coat colors like gray or dapple by its consistent color distribution and lack of any kind of pattern.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Roanadjective

    having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse

  2. Roanadjective

    made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding

  3. Roannoun

    the color of a roan horse; a roan color

  4. Roannoun

    a roan horse

  5. Roannoun

    a kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco

  6. Etymology: [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.]

Wikidata

  1. Roan

    Roan is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region in the northern part of the county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roan. Other villages include Bessaker, Brandsfjord, and Hofstad. A large wind park is located on the mountain plateau just southeast of Bessaker.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Roan

    rōn, adj. having a bay or dark colour, with spots of gray and white: of a mixed colour, with a decided shade of red.—n. a roan colour: a roan horse: grained sheepskin leather. [O. Fr. roan (Fr. rouan)—Low L. rufanus—L. rufus, red.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roan is ranked #9073 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Roan surname appeared 3,603 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Roan.

    65.9% or 2,376 total occurrences were White.
    12.2% or 442 total occurrences were Black.
    7.7% or 278 total occurrences were Asian.
    6.7% or 244 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    5.8% or 209 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    1.5% or 54 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for roan »

  1. Arno

  2. Aron

  3. Nora

  4. Oran

  5. orna

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of roan in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of roan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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