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Pronunciation : Roan
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano, roano.]
Definition : 1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. Give my roan a drench. Shak.

2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding. Roan antelope (Zo?l.), a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Roan
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The color of a roan horse; a roan color.

2. A roan horse.

3. A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco. DeColange. Roan tree. (Bot.) See Rowan tree.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913